Voting Rights

• Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities USA and Voto Latino Challenge Arizona Voter Suppression Law

  August 16, 2022: SB 1260 creates additional avenues to purge voters from the rolls and allows for the further criminalization of voters who attempt to assist those voting by mail. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities U...Read more >

• Media Coverage of Georgia Alliance for Retired Americans’ Lawsuit Over “Wet Signature” Rule

  August 11, 2022: Press Releases Priorities USA, Georgia Alliance for Retired Americans, Vote.org File Legal Challenge to Georgia’s “Wet Signature” Absentee Ballot Application Requirement, May 2 Media Coverage Georgia setting records for early voters as lawsu...Read more >

• Federal Judge Finds Florida Voting Law Unconstitutional in Case Brought by the Florida Alliance and Others

  April 04, 2022: A federal judge struck down Florida’s restrictive voting law, S.B. 90, on Thursday, finding the bill that passed in 2021 to be racially discriminatory. “Older Floridians take voting seriously and we are grateful that the Court today struck down S...Read more >

• Federal Judge Finds Florida Voting Law Unconstitutional in Case Brought by the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans and Others

  March 31, 2022: A federal judge today struck down Florida’s restrictive voting law, known as S.B. 90, which was passed in 2021, finding it racially discriminatory. “Older Floridians take voting seriously and we are grateful that the Court today struck down S....Read more >

• President Biden Addresses Retirees’ Needs at State of the Union: Lower Prescription Drug Prices, Voting Rights, Safer Nursing Homes

  March 02, 2022: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday: “President Biden had seniors’ interests at the top of his pri...Read more >

• New Retiree Voting Record Report Released

  February 17, 2022: Scores Congress on Votes Cast during Pandemic’s Second Year Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2021 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security is...Read more >

• Florida Alliance’s Lawsuit Against the State’s Restrictive Voting Law Goes to Court

  February 04, 2022: Witness testimony began Monday in a lawsuit challenging the state of Florida’s restrictive voting law. The Florida Alliance is a plaintiff in the suit, which is being held by teleconference due to the pandemic. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sign...Read more >

• Alliance Takes More Action to Protect Voting Rights

  January 28, 2022: The Alliance called on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on Thursday to stop permitting state elections offices to require that people provide their full Social Security numbers when submitting a voter registration form, explaining in a p...Read more >

• Retiree Organization Tells Election Assistance Commission to Follow the Law

  January 27, 2022: Requiring Voters to Provide Full Social Security Numbers to Register to Vote Violates the National Voter Registration Act and the Voting Rights Act Washington – The Alliance for Retired Americans today called on the U.S. Election Assistance Commis...Read more >

• Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Demands More Voter Registration Forms Be Made Available

  January 21, 2022:  Says decision limiting voter registration forms violates National Voter Registration Act  AUSTIN – The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) sent a demand letter to Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott today, stating that his decision ...Read more >