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  • Cleveland voter advocacy groups get access to jails for first time in years, push for clear policies

    October 19, 2022 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    After a few years of virtual outreach due to the pandemic, Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates held an in-person drive in the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center to help people incarcerated there get registered to vote and request mail-in ballots. Over two days, the organization added 69 inmates to the county's voter rolls and helped 75 request ballots.

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  • US midterm elections: Why Bolivia's lawmakers are 50% women

    October 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bolivia

    As the result of an electoral law introduced in the late '90s and later added to the country's constitution, roughly half of Bolivian lawmakers at every level of government are women. Though the country outperforms many others, including the United States, on gender parity in the legislature, women are still underrepresented in executive positions.

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  • Military Veterans Are Serving their Country in an Unusual, New Way—at the Polls

    October 19, 2022 |

    INDY Week |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    To help fill poll worker shortages and fight mis- and disinformation around the 2022 midterm elections, nonpartisan nonprofit We the Veterans launched a nationwide campaign called Vet the Vote, which recruits veterans and military members to serve as election officials. The campaign has signed up roughly 60,000 poll workers so far.

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  • Thousands of eligible Wisconsin voters face ballot barriers in jail

    October 18, 2022 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Jails in Illinois and Texas have improved voting access for people who are incarcerated by coordinating with voting rights advocacy groups and bringing the polls on-site. In June, voter turnout at the Cook County Jail in Illinois exceeded that of the city of Chicago as a whole, and the Harris County Jail in Texas saw 96 people vote in-person in November 2021 and about 200 cast ballots in the March primary.

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  • With FoI Act, NGO is Helping to Spotlight Developmental Issues in Lagos Community

    October 17, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Araromi, Lagos

    Media Rights Agenda helped a community in Lagos, Nigeria, submit Freedom of Information Act requests to draw attention to the community’s lack of basic amenities like roads and clean water. When government organizations ignored the requests, the organization took legal action and released a documentary about the issue to gain public support.

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  • Getting Voters the Truth in Whirlwind of Lies

    October 11, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Amid a climate of targeted election misinformation, grassroots organizations such as One Arizona are intensifying their outreach to Latino voters, with a focus on connecting with younger generations through high school visits and outreach at music and cultural festivals. One Arizona has registered about 120,000 young voters in the state since March.

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  • How we build political power: Lessons from Texas and Florida organizers

    October 11, 2022 |

    Scalawag |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Groups such as Texas Organizing Project are focusing on reaching out to voters year-round rather than just during election season, with the goal of reaching people who are often not a priority for traditional campaigns and political parties.

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  • Southwest Florida works around Hurricane Ian ahead of November election

    October 07, 2022 |

    Tampa Bay Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle weeks before a general election in 2018, then-Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order allowing counties to expand early voting and shift polling locations, with some opting for consolidated "voting supercenters." Though turnout in affected counties dropped by 7 percent, statewide turnout increased and election workers reported that some voters were even more motivated to get to the polls because of the disaster.

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  • 42 Months on, How Does Sudan's Democracy Movement Endure?

    October 06, 2022 |

    United States Institute of Peace |

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    Response Location: Sudan

    After decentralized protests in Sudan successfully ousted a 30-year dictatorship, nonviolent civic action in the country continues to grow, with highly localized demonstrations calling for everything from greater security against cattle theft to the resignation of corrupt public officials. The protests have been fueled by better exposure via social media, more collaboration among activist groups, and the proliferation of neighborhood-level "resistance committees" that grew out of the movement to topple the dictatorship in 2018 and 2019.

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  • US midterm elections: The country with the world's youngest politicians

    October 06, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Norway

    Norway's electoral system allows several people from the same party to be elected in the same district, and political parties there have influential youth wings, paving the way for younger generations to take office more easily. This has resulted in Norway claiming the highest proportion of young politicians in the world, with 13.6 percent of representatives under the age of 30.

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