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Dallas Morning News: Officials calculate cost of Trump’s plan

Government watchdog groups have called Trump’s move an act of executive overreach that usurps Congress’ constitutional power to allocate federal funds.

“Americans expect and deserve more from their President in the midst of a pandemic and an economic crisis,” Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause, said in a statement. “Unwilling and unable to negotiate with Congress to deliver a relief package to a nation reeling from COVID-19, President Trump resorted to unconstitutional half measures that will do little to...

ABC News: Why President Trump keeps talking about a New York Democratic primary

"New York did not have any infrastructure or an expanded absentee program. So the Board of Elections had to completely revise the entire way in which they were approaching absentee ballots in six weeks," Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, a nonpartisan good government organization, told ABC News.

Fox News: Election security expert says 2016 was ‘worst case scenario’ for public’s confidence in elections, remains ‘biggest challenge’ in 2020

Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for nonprofit group Common Cause, testified at the hearing that President Trump's comments about election security have swayed public perception.

"We have seen already that the president's rhetoric is affecting the confidence that voters have both in vote-by-mail particularly and also in elections in general," Albert said.

Dallas Morning News: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott extends early voting period for November elections citing COVID-19

“These steps are good but nowhere near good enough,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the government watchdog group, Common Cause Texas. “Other states are doing so much more while Governor Abbott is doing literally the least he can. We need swift and decisive action from either the Governor or Secretary of State to avoid a complete meltdown at the polls in November.”

NBC News THINK (Op-Ed): Trump’s 2020 USPS appointment could corrupt a key institution ahead of Election Day

Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has attacked democratic institutions and undermined independent agencies. Now, as millions of voters are relying on the Postal Service to support our elections during the coronavirus pandemic, Trump is politicizing another once-nonpartisan government agency. Having a political ally with ethical and competence questions like DeJoy lead the agency potentially puts November's election at risk.

أخبار VICE: الجمهوريون في تكساس يجعلون التصويت الآمن يوم الثلاثاء أمرًا شبه مستحيل

"إذا لم تتغير الأمور بشكل جذري، فسنواجه مشاكل ضخمة في نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني"، هذا ما قاله أنتوني جوتيريز، المدير التنفيذي لمجموعة الحكومة الصالحة "كومون كوز تكساس".

أخبار ABC: نيويورك وكنتاكي من بين 6 ولايات تستعد للتصويت يوم الثلاثاء

لذا، من المهم أن يعلم الجمهور أن العملية هنا في نيويورك ستكون طويلة. الموعد النهائي لتلقي المجالس لبطاقات الاقتراع الغيابي هو 30 يونيو/حزيران، أي بعد أسبوع من الانتخابات التمهيدية. لذا، لن يفتحوا مراكز الاقتراع ويبدأوا فرز بطاقات الاقتراع الغيابي قبل 2 يوليو/تموز على أقرب تقدير، وفقًا لسوزان ليرنر، المديرة التنفيذية لمنظمة "كومون كوز نيويورك".

قالت: "أسبوعان يشملان عطلة نهاية الأسبوع في الرابع من يوليو. لذا، هناك احتمال كبير جدًا ألا نحصل على نتائج موثوقة حقًا، إلا بعد..."

U.S. News & World Report: Widespread Voting Issues Raise Alarm in Georgia Primary

And activists on the ground noted multiple issues at the state and local levels, arguing that voters were unable to find concrete information.

Aunna Dennis, the executive director of Common Cause Georgia which is the state chapter of a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on voting rights, says that multiple polling locations moved within the 48 hours before the election with little warning and didn't provide proper signage to indicate the changes in locations for voters. And when machines stopped working, some locations only had...

ABC News: Mail-in voting delays in primary cause Pennsylvania to sound alarm about November

Suzanne Almeida, the interim director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, said adding more secure ballot drop boxes would be an easy and cheap way for counties and local election officials to increase accessibility.

“Many of these reforms that we're looking at are systemic and require and require significant additional funding,” Almeida said. “It's a culture shift in Pennsylvania, as this is the first election we've ever voted by mail by these numbers.

“Folks need to understand that it's better to get it right...

ساعة أخبار PBS: التصويت بالبريد وسط الجائحة والاحتجاجات يُلقي نظرة على التحديات التي تواجه انتخابات نوفمبر

وقالت سيلفيا ألبرت، مديرة التصويت والانتخابات في منظمة حقوق التصويت "كومون كوز": "أحاول أن أرى اليوم كفرصة لإظهار الشقوق في النظام التي يمكننا إصلاحها قبل نوفمبر".

وقال ألبرت إن هناك مخاوف من أنه في انتخابات نوفمبر، لن يحصل الأشخاص الذين يطلبون بطاقات الاقتراع الغيابية على تلك البطاقات، وسيكون هناك عدد أقل من أماكن الاقتراع حيث تقوم المقاطعات بدمجها استجابة للوباء.

"إننا بحاجة إلى مستوى عقلاني من التوحيد يضمن أن المجتمعات التي...

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