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NAACP calls attacks on postal service 'threat to democracy' | Atlanta Daily World

NAACP Calls Attacks on Postal Service “Unprecedented Threat to Democracy” The NAACP strongly condemns the Trump administration’s deliberate attempt to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service to obstruct voting by mail … Continued

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Tina Knowles-Lawson Leads Call To Urge Lawmakers To Pass Legislation Addressing Voter Suppression In Black Communities - Blavity

Tina Knowles-Lawson wants Congress to finally do something about racism and voter suppression.

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Source: Blavity News

Memphis Poll Worker Takes It Upon Themself To Turn Away Voters Wearing BLM Shirts - Blavity

A poll worker in Memphis was fired for turning away eligible voters.

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Source: Blavity News

Black voters: We are top targets of voter suppression 'information warfare' - Dallas Examiner

By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way Black voters have a powerful role to play in this year’s elections. That’s why we are being targeted by disinformation campaigns that are meant to

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Why Black Young Voters Will Continue To Fight Beyond The Ballot Box - Blavity

Like our ancestors, the Black youth of today are willing to put themselves at risk to vote and fight for what is right. No matter how we plan to vote, we will be #voteready and we will prevail.

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Source: Blavity News

Fulton Registrations and Elections announces polling site changes for primary

Shifting poll sites required because of loss of locations due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

The Power of the Women Vote - New Orleans Data News Weekly

Photos by Angela 'Angie B' Beasley NEW ORLEANS—On Saturday, Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Dem Girls Vote, an initiative of Power Woman, founded by Dr. Debra Morton, hosted an Early Voting Drive-in [...] The post The Power of the Women Vote appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

NAACP calls attacks on postal service 'threat to democracy' - Atlanta Tribune

NAACP Calls Attacks on Postal Service “Unprecedented Threat to Democracy” The NAACP strongly condemns the Trump administration’s deliberate attempt to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service to obstruct voting by mail and to ensure a favorable outcome in the election. Disrupting the machinery of democracy

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

North Carolina's Black Voters Are Seeing Their Mail-in Vote Rejected Again

A new study of 2018 mail-in absentee ballot data found ballots mailed-in by Black voters were rejected at more than twice the rate of any other race.

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Democrats call on governor to seek resignation of Stu Soffer from the Jefferson County Election Commission - African American News Today - EIN News

… , of these instances have involved African-Americans, including using derogatory language such … Clerk Terri Hollingsworth, the first African-American female to hold the position …

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Seychelles' Political Campaigns to Go Dark 24 Hours Before First Ballots Are Cast Thursday

[Seychelles News Agency] Voters in Seychelles begin casting ballots in the island nation's presidential and National Assembly election on Thursday, the first of three days of voting.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Quality and quantity of votes cast on March 2, 2020 have already passed the validity test - Stabroek News

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Dr Alexis would have better served his clients by encouraging them to accept the reality of their electoral loss

While any primary school child would tell you that 33 is greater than 32, educated minds appearing at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) were complicating the simple: Dr. Alexis posited arguments to interpret the term “majority” in Article 106 of the Constitution of Guyana to mean “absolute

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Opinion: Voting is the Centerpiece of Our Democracy

August 6 is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. If the constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War — the 13, 14 and 15th Amendments — were the “second founding” of democracy in America, the Voting Rights Act, which after nearly a century of segregation gave legal effect to the

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Republicans and Democrats in California prefer a mail ballot, but safe, accessible options are important - Black Voice News

In summary In the November election, California will have to meet the bipartisan demand from voters for mail ballots and redesign sites for safe, in-person voting. By Mindy Romero and Mindy Romero is a political sociologist and director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the Price School

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Jamaica: Sons still in shock after mom dies before voting - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) The sons of 83-year-old Avis Ledgister are still in shock after their mother died suddenly on election day, missing out on her decades-long tradition of voting for whoever was the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate in St Elizabeth South

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Georgia’s Primary Fiasco Is A Bad Sign For Election Day 2020

Which, by the way, seemed to go off without a hitch (or, with plenty of them, depending on who you ask) on Tuesday when certain voters arrived at polling places with either faulty equipment or none at all, resulting in hours-long lines and unbelievable delays to cast ballots in the

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Source: NewsOne

The Voting Rights Act Was Signed On This Day In 1965 And Now Trump Is Trying To Destroy It

On Aug. 6, 1965, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by his side, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.

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Source: The Urban Daily

Quality and quantity of votes cast on March 2, 2020 have already passed the validity test

It is utterly disgusting to have read the words of caretaker President Granger as per news release, “The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to insist that the elections be decided not just on quantity of votes cast but on the quality of those

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Trump seizes on small election issues to spread concern - Black News Channel

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine ballots discarded in Pennsylvania. A mail carrier who altered a handful of affidavit ballot applications. People being sent double ballots. In the run up to Election Day, President Donald Trump is seizing on small, potentially routine

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Allegheny County reports 87 new COVID-19 cases, 9 new hospitalizations and 1 new death | New Pittsburgh Courier

by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, Aug. 8, bringing the county total to 8,796 reported cases, with nine new hospitalizations and one new … Continued

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LeBron James Group Touts Sports Venues as Mega-voting sites - Black News Channel

By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James and his voting rights group, formed this spring with other black

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Voting In Oklahoma: Everything You Need To Know About Voting In The June 30 Statewide Election | The Oklahoma Eagle

The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire By: Posted byTogether Oklahoma June 22, 2020 Posted inAdvocacy Basics/ Info to Action/ Together OK Updates How to register to vote in Oklahoma In-person voting in Oklahoma Absentee voting in Oklahoma Voting early, or in-person absentee voting in Oklahoma Reminders for

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. hosts voter registration event at Isaac Coggs Center

On Friday, October 9, 2020, the Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., hosted a voter registration event at their Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center, 8200 W. Silver Spring Dr. Attendees could safely register to vote for the upcoming presidential election as well as receive a free COVID-19 safety kit

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Early voter turnout smashing California election records - Black Voice News

More than 4.5 million Californians have already cast ballots in the 2020 general election - and there're still 12 days to go. Roughly one-fifth of the 21.5 million ballots mailed to registered voters had been processed as of Tuesday evening, blowing away previous election totals. About three times

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Before the pandemic, California’s polling places were already disappearing - Black Voice News

Standing in line at their local polling place, a longtime ritual for many Californians, will be a thing of the past this Election Day for half of the state's voters. That's because in 2016 the California Legislature passed the Voter's Choice Act, which allows counties to transition from polling

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Accessible General Election in November | L.A. Focus Newspaper

SACRAMENTO Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaringastatewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and signed an executive order to ensure that Californians can exercise their right to vote in a safe, secure and accessible manner during the upcoming election. “We are

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Morrison certified as winner in St Catherine North Eastern

The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Kerensia Morrison has been certified as the winner of the St Catherine North Eastern seat following the final official count. The recount was held on Sunday at the Riversdale Health Centre in the constituency...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Biden's Campaign And The DNC Have Added New Items To Its Voter Site

Joe Biden's campaign website and the Democratic National Committee are announcing new features on IWillVote.com, the DNC's voter website.

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Tempers flare over Zanu PF DCC polls

BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA CHAOS erupted at Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial offices in Marondera on Saturday after a top official allegedly attempted to by-pass elections and impose district co-ordinating committee (DCC) candidates. Tempers flared after provincial secretary for legal affairs Jeremiah

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