{"id":202,"date":"2023-04-13T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/press-releases\/common-cause-voting-rights-advocate-pen-letter-to-gov-holcomb-requesting-veto-to-restrictions-on-voting-by-mail\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:00:47","slug":"common-cause-voting-rights-advocate-pen-letter-to-gov-holcomb-requesting-veto-to-restrictions-on-voting-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/press\/common-cause-voting-rights-advocate-pen-letter-to-gov-holcomb-requesting-veto-to-restrictions-on-voting-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause, Voting Rights Advocate Pen Letter to Gov. Holcomb Requesting Veto to Restrictions on Voting by Mail"},"template":"","class_list":["post-202","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Today, Common Cause Indiana \u2014 as well as several other voting rights groups \u2014 penned a letter to Gov. Holcomb asking that he veto H.B. 1334.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7883}"],"related_issues":[108,109,395],"related_work":false,"location":17},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Common Cause Indiana \u2014 as well as several other voting rights groups \u2014 penned a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/04\/2023-04-13_HB1334OppositionLtr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Gov. Holcomb asking that he veto <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iga.in.gov\/legislative\/2023\/bills\/house\/1334#document-0c477f81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H.B. 1334<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill, passed on April 11, will require applicants to submit either a copy of their Indiana driver\u2019s license or voter identification number when they apply for a mail-in ballot. If the information submitted does not match what is contained in the voter's record those applicants will face delays in ballot access, and potential disenfranchisement. Opponents, including <\/span><b>Common Cause Indiana Executive Director Julia Vaughn, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianacapitalchronicle.com\/2023\/03\/23\/legislation-puts-more-hurdles-in-place-for-hoosier-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed concerns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about H.B. 1334 decreasing access to the ballot box. In addition to the hurdles that mostly elderly or disabled Hoosiers who vote by mail will face, the new barriers will inevitably overwhelm county election administrators. If signed into law, the bill would go into effect on July 1, 2023.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Gov. Holcomb is expected to sign the bill, the letter asks that he veto the bill, acknowledging that H.B. 1334 \u201cwould also violate the United States Constitution, which prohibits voting restrictions that place unjustified burdens on the fundamental right to vote.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith one stroke of a pen, Gov. Holcomb can take a stand against partisan leaders and remove these increased hurdles to voting,\u201d said <\/span><b>Vaughn. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe right to vote is a cornerstone of American democracy, with democracy thriving when everyone is included. We hope Gov. Holcomb upholds that cornerstone by vetoing this bill created to make voting by mail more difficult.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRequiring additional fields of identification in absentee ballot applications would pose unnecessary additional barriers for marginalized communities,\u201d said <\/span><b>Ami Gandhi, Director of Voting Rights and Civic Empowerment at Chicago Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cLet\u2019s be clear: This bill would actually reduce election integrity by restricting access.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Barbara Bolling-Williams, State President of the Indiana State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> agreed, saying, \"Exposing personal data will lead to further apprehension from our seniors, who are most vulnerable to identity theft, to decide not to vote.\"<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Cause, Voting Rights Advocate Pen Letter to Gov. 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