"Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement ( SOLVE) is a network housed at Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) consisting of more than 300 non-partisan grassroots voting rights groups focused on achieving fair and equitable access to the ballot. Our members are educating voters about what's at stake in local elections and how to access the ballot in a region with modern-day barriers to the ballot that disproportionately harm Black, Latino, Asian and Native American voters, as well as those with disabilities."
""We need to focus on participation in local elections so that we don't have voters sitting on the sidelines when there are important chances to decide how or if their streets get paved, whether our public schools are serving all our children, and to help develop policies to protect the most vulnerable against the increasingly clear consequences of the climate crisis."
""Change has always come because of the strength of people on the ground, and it is why we need to ensure every eligible voter can have their voice heard at the ballot box in every election, big or small. It is people, not politicians, who shape the future of our communities by voting and ensuring that power stays with the people, where it"
General elections will be held across the South in late October and early November to select city, town, county, school board, utility commission and some state legislative leaders. Turnout typically falls in off-year elections without gubernatorial, congressional or presidential races on the ballot. Decisions made in these local contests affect everyday services such as street maintenance, public schools, utilities, and climate resilience policies. Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement (SOLVE) is a network of more than 300 nonpartisan grassroots voting rights groups working to educate voters and expand fair, equitable ballot access. Barriers to voting disproportionately harm Black, Latino, Asian, Native American and disabled voters.
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