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Black & Brown Voter Access in COVID-19

Black and brown communities and working families can not be stripped of their political voice in this crisis. Instead, we must be empowered to hold government accountable and to demand the kind of relief our communities need.

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Blog

October 22, 2020

Adam Lioz

Keep Calm and Know Your Voting Rights

What to know about your voting rights and resources for ensuring that anyone trying to interfere with our communities’ voting rights ends up wasting their time.

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Black to the Ballot 2020: New Vote-By-Mail Policies Lead to New Forms of Voter Suppression

An overview of the vote-by-mail eligibility criteria in Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, and California and the hurdles Black voters may face.

Policy Briefs

October 20, 2020

Demos

Black Futures Lab

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Toward a Healthier, More Inclusive Florida

From March through May, New Florida Majority Education Fund surveyed over 21,000 Floridians to ask how the pandemic was affecting their lives and well-being. This report presents our findings from those surveys.

Research

October 21, 2020

Demos

New Florida Majority Education Fund

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How Ohio Continued to Silence Black and Brown Voters in a Vote-by-Mail Election

Our analysis of voter turnout in Ohio’s primary finds large disparities in absentee ballot request rates and voter turnout between predominantly white and non-white neighborhoods.

Research

September 1, 2020

Shruti Banerjee

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