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  • Election Protection Force Fights Voter Suppression: Racist Poll Workers, Vigilantes, Missing Ballots

    November 08, 2022 |

    Democracy Now! |

    Broadcast TV Talk Show |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Beaumont, Texas

    The Election Protection coalition is a group of law and advocacy organizations that deploys volunteer attorneys to polling places, runs a hotline where voters can bring questions or concerns, and files lawsuits when necessary to enforce voter rights. The coalition filed a lawsuit after Black voters in Beaumont, Texas reported being harassed and improperly turned away by white poll workers, successfully obtaining a court order removing the presiding election judge from their position.

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  • Helping More HS Students ‘Cross the Finish Line' & Earn College Credit

    November 08, 2022 |

    Indiana Capital Chronicle |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    Indiana's Crossing the Finish Line program leverages COVID-19 relief funding to cover the cost of college-level credit for high school students. The program targets students who are only a few credits away from completing the state's College Core curriculum or receiving a technical credential.

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  • When It Comes to Voting in Jail, the Devil Is in the Details

    November 04, 2022 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help eligible voters behind bars participate in elections, civic and volunteer groups visit jails such as the Vernon C. Bain Center with registration packets and absentee ballot request forms. The volunteers also answer questions about issues, candidates, and the voting process, and about 300 people in New York jails have registered to vote since January.

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  • Healthcare professionals help increase voter registration through outreach

    November 04, 2022 |

    KSTP-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Through the Vot-ER program, doctors, nurses, and other health care staff speak to their patients about registering to vote and provide important election information, even wearing badges with QR codes that patients can scan to access online voting resources. Since 2020, the initiative has helped more than 66,000 people register to vote or request a mail-in ballot, and more than 500 hospitals, clinics, and centers have participated.

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  • Why Arabic ballots are now being offered in Michigan and what this means for voter access in the U.S.

    November 04, 2022 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dearborn, Michigan

    Because Arabic-speakers are not entitled to translated election materials under the Voting Rights Act, Michigan organizers in Dearborn and Hamtramck instead took the issue to their city councils and were able to secure local legislation requiring the communities to provide Arabic-language ballots. The new resource was available for the first time during the August primary.

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  • Navajo voters in one Arizona County see their ballots rejected more frequently. Here's what would fix that.

    November 03, 2022 |

    Votebeat Arizona |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    Some Arizona counties that include parts of the Navajo Nation have set up voting centers, central locations where residents can come to vote in-person regardless of what precinct they are assigned to. The centers have helped reduce the number of provisional ballots cast on the reservation, which faces significant voting barriers due to distance, transportation access, and spotty mail and internet service, and other counties with reservation land are now pushing to establish their own voting centers.

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  • False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early

    October 28, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Governments, companies, and nonprofits are using a strategy called "pre-bunking" to teach people the tactics and strategies behind misinformation so that they can recognize and scrutinize it when they see it online. After Twitter released several dozen pre-bunks about elections in the United States and Brazil, about 39 percent of users they surveyed said they were more confident that there wouldn't be election fraud, and about half said they were able to pause and question what they saw in online posts.

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  • Embodying Civic Spirit

    October 26, 2022 |

    Jewish Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City-based organization Civic Spirit trains educators who work in religious schools to teach American civics and history from an interfaith perspective. The nonprofit also hosts programs for students in which they work together to tackle a civic challenge.

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  • How a non-profit is fighting climate change through tree planting in Kwara State

    October 26, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin West, Kwara

    The Save Sahara Network plants trees at schools and other public places in an effort to help mitigate climate change. The organization also offers webinars and educational programs aimed at teaching youth about conservation and climate literacy.

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  • Beyond the US midterms: The Swiss answer to congressional gridlock

    October 26, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    Switzerland has a long tradition of national referendums to decide issues ranging from retirement structures to vacation requirements to voting rights. Citizens can gather signatures — 50,000 or 100,000, depending on whether they want to reconsider an already-passed law or propose new legislation — to put their issue on the ballot.

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