Add Your Name: Protect Your Right to Vote During COVID-19 & U.S. Representative from Kansas charged with voter fraud 21&14JUL20 “We must go out and vote like we’ve never, ever voted before.”-REP JOHN LEWIS D GA 1MAR20

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THE ACLU is fighting in the courts, in congress and organizing in communities across the country to guarantee every American's right to vote in the presidential election on TUESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2020.  (NOT MY) pres drumpf / trump, (NOT MY) vice pres pence and their administration with the leadership of the gop / greed over people-republican party leadership at t he local, state and federal level are doing their best to keep everyone but drumpf's / trump's base from voting and are running a national propaganda campaign alleging massive voter fraud by vote by mail and on line voting. The charges of massive fraud are not true, and when they are it is usuall carried out by republicans as in the report from WIBW. Please sign this petition and share it with family, friends and coworkers. And then go to Rock the Vote or U.S. Vote Foundation to check your voter registration, to register to vote and to get details about voting in your state. 
Add Your Name: Protect Your Right to Vote During COVID-19

November's election is less than four months away, and we will be dealing with a pandemic for the foreseeable future.

This is a fact we cannot overlook – particularly when the impact of this falls especially heavily on Black communities, who are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and have dealt with voter suppression for generations.

That's why the ACLU has been hard at work since the outbreak began to ensure that every eligible voter can vote by mail – and to protect their rights from anyone who would use this health crisis as an excuse for voter suppression. Will you join our fight to protect voting rights? Add your name today.

Here is the very latest on our critical voting litigation efforts during the pandemic:

• We sued in North Carolina to challenge the state's witness requirements. This requirement forces absentee voters to find a witness to sign their ballots – which potentially puts their health and the health of the witness at risk if forced to comply during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• We joined a lawsuit in Alabama seeking to ensure all eligible Alabama voters can vote by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic – uniting with our partners the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), Southern Poverty Law Center, and Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.
• We saw a victory in our ongoing Montana litigation with ACLU of Montana, the Native American Rights Fund, Western Native Voice, Montana Native Vote, and five tribes, when a court blocked a state law that would severely restrict the right to vote for Native Americans – especially those on rural reservations.
• We filed a federal lawsuit to expand absentee mail-in voting in the 2020 election for every eligible Connecticut voter during the pandemic. This case was filed on behalf of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, as well as a voter whose age places her at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

These are only the most recent developments in our legal efforts to safeguard the right to vote. We've filed 14 lawsuits and counting since the start of the COVID-19 crisis – all while our advocacy team pushes for vote by mail both in Congress and in states nationwide.

If we do not ensure every eligible voter's safety and rights before election day – lives and our democracy will be at risk. We cannot, and will not, let up. Together, we can make sure no one must choose between their health or their right to vote. Join our fight to protect everyone’s right to vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We need you with us for this critical work,

Dale Ho
ACLU Attorney, fighting for voting rights

U.S. Representative from Kansas charged with voter fraud

The charges are related to the 2019 local elections.

Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS)(WIBW)

By Melissa Brunner

Published: Jul. 14, 2020 at 7:07 PM EDT

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS) faces criminal charges of voter fraud.

Shawnee Co. District Attorney Mike Kagay said Tuesday he filed four counts against Watkins: Interference with Law Enforcement, Providing False Information; Voting without being Qualified; Unlawful Advance Voting; and Failing to Notify the DMV of Change of Address. The first three are felonies, while the last is a misdemeanor.

The charges are related to the 2019 local elections. Watkins used a UPS store address on his registration. At the time, Watkins office said it was an honest mistake - that he used the store as a mailing address for his campaign. He later changed it to an apartment complex off SW Huntoon and Wanamaker, in Topeka, Kansas.

The charges follow an investigation by the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office. Kagay said the allegations came to his attention in December 2019, but the investigation was delayed by the COVID-19 shutdown.

Watkins, a Republican, is in his first term. He faces primary challenges from State Treasurer Jake LaTurner and former state and city official Dennis Taylor.