Election Protection Works to Confront Voting Barriers During March 10th Primary Election

by Press | Mar 11, 2020 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC (March 10, 2020) – Voters in six states, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington, and Idaho, voted in their respective state’s primary elections. Election Protection, the nation’s largest and longest-running nonpartisan...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Calls for Action to Respond to Impact of Coronavirus on the 2020 Election Cycle

by Press | Mar 10, 2020 | Press Releases

States Must Lift Barriers With All Deliberate Speed to Ensure Access WASHINGTON, DC (March 10, 2020) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, concluded its work monitoring election activity across the country for the March 10th primary...

Florida’s presidential primary voting unaffected by coronavirus, for now

by Press | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsclips

‘It’s really not okay’: Kansas City mayor trying to vote was told he ‘wasn’t in the system’

by Press | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsclips

(Daily Kos) Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas not only showed up to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Missouri primary, but posted video of himself encouraging other Missourians to vote, only to be turned away from the polls.

Coronavirus prompts new polling places to protect elderly

by Press | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsclips

Voting-rights officials said the coronavirus outbreak has had a cascading effect on the primary season, with election officials in states such as Ohio and Illinois that vote March 17 beginning to shift polling places away from senior-citizen homes. Ohio officials at...