Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here.If voters in Burnside, Wisconsin, want to drop off their absentee ballot before an el…
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Opinion: Data Sharing with WIC Can Transform Access to Resources for California Communities
The WIC food assistance program is needed and effective. However, there are multiple barriers to accessing services.
By modernizing how health data is shared with local WIC agencies, we can increase program enrollment, enhance care coordination with …
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California Excludes Some Undocumented Immigrants From Health Coverage. This Bill Would Fix That
California is the first state in the country to expand Medicaid to all qualifying adults regardless of immigration status.
But many undocumented immigrants, especially those who live in parts of California where the cost of living is much higher, ear…
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Pennsylvania state House advances bill to give counties more time to count mail ballots before Election Day
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Pennsylvania House Democrats are again pushing to allow counties time to process mail ballots before …
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Georgia bill to strip QR codes from ballots would cost tens of millions of dollars
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Update, May 13, 2024: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed this bill, SB 189, on May 7 without releasing a …
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Arizona may fund tool to allow candidates to verify election results, ballot by ballot
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Candidates for election in Arizona would potentially be able to verify the results in their race, bal…
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With lawsuits and recount petitions rising, some Texas elections seem to go on forever
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.It has been 15 months since Democrat DaSean Jones was sworn in as a Harris County criminal district c…
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Snyder County’s new election director passes his first big test. Next comes November.
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Even before the sun was up on primary election day, Devin Rhoads was putting out fires.A precinct in …
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Why we think spotlighting flaws in elections actually helps increase voter confidence
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the lates…
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Cornell University Students Establish Liberated Zone in Solidarity with Gaza, Call for Divestment
In a pre-dawn mobilization on April 25th, a group of around 30 students at Cornell University affiliated with the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML) set up a “liberated zone” encampment on campus, a sign of growing support for the movement…