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  • Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups

    March 04, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    After Colorado passed a state law requiring all jails to create in-person polling places for incarcerated voters, the number of ballots cast from county jails rose from 231 in 2022 to more than 2,300 in 2024.

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  • Effect of ‘curing' policies highlights the disparities that Pennsylvania mail voters face

    February 04, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    In Pennsylvania, 38 counties allow voters to “cure” absentee ballots delivered with errors, such as missing signatures and dates. In these counties, roughly 17% fewer voters had their ballots rejected in the most recent election compared to counties where voters are not able to cure mistakes.

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  • Pop-Up Voting Centers Bring the Polls Directly to Unhoused Angelenos

    December 05, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles County’s Flex Vote Center Program establishes polling locations at shelters, transitional housing sites, and service centers for people who are unhoused or face other barriers to voting. In 2020, nearly 2,800 people cast their ballots through the Flex program.

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  • The Michigan Jail that Candidates Keep Visiting

    November 26, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    Michigan’s Genessee County jail employs two formerly incarcerated organizers who help people detained there register to vote, cast their ballots, and access resources about pivotal election measures. They also coordinate forums with political candidates for offices ranging from the Michigan Supreme Court to the Flint City Council.

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  • First year of early voting a success; Midland County voter turnout second highest in history

    November 21, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Midland, Michigan

    In its first presidential election with state-mandated early voting, which allowed voters to cast their ballots in-person for nine days before election day, Midland County, Mich. saw roughly 20% of its voters utilize early voting and had high turnout at 70.05%. Officials reported that they were able to streamline the early voting process with Ballot on Demand equipment that allowed voters to print their ballots on-site rather than requiring the county to print ballots in advance.

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  • Michigan's election results can't get much faster

    November 08, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Sterling Heights, Michigan

    During the 2024 election, Michigan clerks were allowed to pre-process absentee ballots for the first time, meaning they could open the ballot envelopes, verify signatures, and feed ballots into the tabulators before the polls closed on election day. More than 200 cities opted to pre-process their absentee ballots, and in one city, Sterling Heights, election workers were able to handle more than 20,000 ballots by midday on election day.

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  • Advocates are working to increase incarcerated voter engagement in San Diego. Here's how:

    November 01, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    In San Diego County, Pillars of the Community trained people incarcerated in local jails to become “inside organizers” who can help others incarcerated there register to vote and fill out their ballots. In all, seven inside organizers helped roughly 230 people register to vote ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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  • Voting access expands for Nashville jail inmates

    October 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    To improve voter access for people in jail, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office hired an election worker to comb through county records and identify incarcerated people who are registered to vote. The staffer then went from pod to pod in the jail to deliver absentee ballot request forms and give others an opportunity to register. In all, 70 people were able to request their absentee ballots.

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  • How Denver Could Become the First City to Ban Slaughterhouses

    October 07, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Animal rights activists in Denver, Colorado, got a slaughterhouse moratorium on the city’s upcoming election ballot by switching up their approach and having deeper, sincere conversations with people while canvassing. Instead of focusing on personal choice, the campaign centers on collective action via voting.

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  • Poder latino

    October 01, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Varias organizaciones latinas progresistas formaron la Coalición Latinx del Valle de Yakima para motivar al voto. Juntos pudieron intensificar sus esfuerzos de participación y educación electoral en Sunnyside, tocando puertas y organizando fiestas de votación y sesiones de escucha comunitarias, a menudo en español.

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