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  • How one Wisconsin county helped expand early-voting hours and boost turnout

    March 28, 2025 |

    Votebeat Wisconsin |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington County, Wisconsin

    To encourage in-person absentee voting, one Wisconsin County offered up special funding to municipalities to offset administrative costs, allowing many to extend their early voting hours and bring on additional help. More than 13,000 county residents cast absentee ballots in person in the most recent election, which is almost triple the number cast by the same point in the 2023 voting cycle.

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  • Pop-Up Voting Centers Bring the Polls Directly to Unhoused Angelenos

    December 05, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles County’s Flex Vote Center Program establishes polling locations at shelters, transitional housing sites, and service centers for people who are unhoused or face other barriers to voting. In 2020, nearly 2,800 people cast their ballots through the Flex program.

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  • The Michigan Jail that Candidates Keep Visiting

    November 26, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    Michigan’s Genessee County jail employs two formerly incarcerated organizers who help people detained there register to vote, cast their ballots, and access resources about pivotal election measures. They also coordinate forums with political candidates for offices ranging from the Michigan Supreme Court to the Flint City Council.

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  • 'Fight for it to be better'

    November 13, 2024 |

    Southern Science |

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    The Capacity Collaborative and Thriving Earth Exchange are working together to establish volunteer community science hubs to support environmental justice projects in communities around the United States. The organizations connect communities with scientists and experts who volunteer their time to help move their projects forward.

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  • Advocates are working to increase incarcerated voter engagement in San Diego. Here's how:

    November 01, 2024 |

    KFMB-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    In San Diego County, Pillars of the Community trained people incarcerated in local jails to become “inside organizers” who can help others incarcerated there register to vote and fill out their ballots. In all, seven inside organizers helped roughly 230 people register to vote ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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  • How Denver Could Become the First City to Ban Slaughterhouses

    October 07, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Animal rights activists in Denver, Colorado, got a slaughterhouse moratorium on the city’s upcoming election ballot by switching up their approach and having deeper, sincere conversations with people while canvassing. Instead of focusing on personal choice, the campaign centers on collective action via voting.

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  • Poder latino

    October 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Varias organizaciones latinas progresistas formaron la Coalición Latinx del Valle de Yakima para motivar al voto. Juntos pudieron intensificar sus esfuerzos de participación y educación electoral en Sunnyside, tocando puertas y organizando fiestas de votación y sesiones de escucha comunitarias, a menudo en español.

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  • How Community Members Shuttered a Backyard Slaughterhouse in a Small, Black Community

    September 25, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Lithonia, Georgia

    Animal rights group Apex Advocacy joined local activists to reenergize their fight to close a slaughterhouse that was violating zoning laws in a small, predominantly Black community. The group utilized its network to flood officials’ emails.

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  • Would mandatory voting work in the U.S.? Australia's success shows the way.

    September 23, 2024 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Australia has compulsory voting, which means those who don’t vote in federal elections will face a small fine. After the policy was instituted in 1924, turnout for federal elections shot up from about 60% of registered voters to more than 90% and has never dropped below 89% in the century since. Proponents also say the system results in better representation that more accurately reflects the country’s demographics, and because more of the population votes, politicians must appeal to a broader electorate rather than focusing on ideological extremes.

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  • Alachua County high schoolers mobilize young voters, boost Gen-Z's civic engagement

    September 11, 2024 |

    The Independent Florida Alligator |

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    Response Location: United States, Alachua County, Florida

    Youth Action Fund trains students to host registration drives and other community campaigns at their schools, and even provides stipends and community service hours to those who volunteer. During registration drives held at four schools in August, nearly 250 students registered to vote.

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