Voting advocacy organizations in Connecticut are calling on Gov. Ned Lamont to ensure the state s election infrastructure is ready for the 2024 presidential election. The groups, including the ACLU and the League of Women Voters, said too many voting tabulation machines are defective and cause delays at polling stations. .
Arizonans could vote on a proposal next year some advocates said would make politics more equitable in the Grand Canyon State. This week, the Make Elections Fair Arizona committee, made up of Republicans, Democrats and Independents, filed a citizens initiative to amend the Arizona Constitution. It would require the state s future primary elections to be open to all candidates and voters, regardless of party affiliation. .
Election Day is less than two months away, and for the process to go smoothly, Pennsylvania needs a lot more poll workers. Many of the 8.7 million registered voters in the state would be eligible to work at the polls for the November 7th municipal elections. Lauren Cristella, League of Women Voters board member and president and CEO of the Committee of 70, a voter education group, said 40,000 Pennsylvanians are needed twice a year to ensure elections happen, and added the state is also recruiting 17-year-olds to serve as poll workers, if they get permission from their school principal and a parent or guardian. .
Today is National Voter Registration Day, and advocates across New York and the nation are reminding people to check up on their registration status. Data from the Census Bureau shows that while voter registration was up 2% in the 2022 midterm election cycle, 30% of eligible Americans are still not registered to vote. With no national offices on the ballot this November, people may overlook voting in an off-year election. .