Nonprofit organizations are ramping up efforts to get out the vote for the election in November. The student-led the Montana Public Interest Research Group, or MontPIRG, is providing voter-registration kits to nonprofits. The kits consist in part of forms and prepaid envelopes that the organization can use to help the communities they serve get registered. .
Iowa s elections are safe and secure and haven t been subject to widespread fraud. That s the message from a bipartisan group of election administrators around the state as disinformation concerns linger. Secretary of State Paul Pate and his Auditors Advisory Group announced the campaign this week, noting a recent increase in the spread of false claims regarding elections in Iowa, despite no evidence to back those claims. .
The budget process for Wisconsin s largest city is ramping up, and there are concerns residents in underserved areas will not receive as much priority due to a lack of representation. Milwaukee s Common Council currently has four vacant seats, and is poised to adopt a city budget later this fall. While Milwaukee has seen more diversity in some neighborhoods, it still ranks highly for racial disparities. .