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UCLA Voting Rights Project fellows Michael Cohen and Sonni Waknin along with LPPI experts Matt Barreto and Chad Dunn, published the report, “Protecting Democracy: Implementing Equal and Safe Access to the Ballot Box During a Global Pandemic,” to circulate it to members of Congress in an effort to push for a universal vote-by-mail program.
Read More | May 29, 2020
This is a press release on LPPI’s webinar event “Protecting Democracy: Implementing Equal and Safe Access to the Ballot Box During a Global Pandemic,” which took place on April 2nd, focusing on the importance of vote-by-mail programs for the upcoming primaries and the November general election amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We need that data to approximate the evidence-based interventions and reforms necessary to improve people’s lives,” says Sonja Diaz, founding director of LPPI, on the importance of the 2020 census.
“This is not a Republican or Democratic issue, this is a health issue,” says LPPI Co-founder Matt Barreto on the importance of implementing a universal vote-by-mail program for the upcoming general election in November.
“All jurisdictions must allow vote-by-mail,” says director of litigation for the UCLA Voting Rights Project Chad Dunn on the crucial need to implement a national vote-by-mail program amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
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