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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has taken executive action to restore voting and other civil rights to an estimated 69,000 Virginians with felony convictions. In Virginia, a felony conviction loses their civil rights, which only the governor can restore (with the exception of firearm rights). This action brings the total number of people Northam has restored voting rights to over 111,000.Visit NPR to learn more.  Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest voting bloc in the upcoming election and the National Voter Education Week

Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have shown support for an election reform bill that both expands voter access and shores up election integrity. The bill provides for three days of early voting access and allows people to fix signatures if they signed their mail-in ballot incorrectly while also banning ballot harvesting and making it easier to remove people who have moved out of Kentucky from the state’s voter rolls, among other provisions. Kentucky, which had some of the most restrictive election laws before

Election officials in Stark County, Ohio, are facing pushback for their decision to purchase new voting machines from Dominion. The pushback is coming from constituents who believe the baseless conspiracy theory—pushed fervently by former president Trump and his associates—that Dominion voting machines changed votes from Trump to Biden during the 2020 election. County commissioners are still reviewing the contract with Dominion and could reach a decision by the end of March.Visit the NPR to learn more.  Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest

Lawmakers (primarily Republican) in 43 states are considering over 250 bills which would raise barriers to voting in response to the false and disproven claim that there was significant voter fraud during the 2020 election. Republican lawmakers signaled before the 2020 election was even over that they would attempt to curtail ways to extend and expand voting access, especially mail-in voting. Still, there are some Republicans who are wary of efforts to reform voting laws on the basis of the disproven 2020 election fraud

A historical look at the electoral vote counting process in Congress. NPR traces the process back to its origins, and looks at the role the Vice President plays when counting each state’s vote.Visit NPR to learn more.  Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest voting bloc in the upcoming election and the National Voter Education Week plans to equip them with the tools and information they need to cast a ballot this fall. Visit Website More Than A Vote A voting initiative started by several Black