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Biden to Meet with Top Democrats on New Voting Rights Proposal

President Biden and the top Democrats in Congress are expected to meet at the White House on Friday to discuss their party’s faltering efforts to pass major voting rights legislation, according to two congressional aides familiar with the plans. Mr. Biden’s meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 29, 2021, 5:54 pm
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in 2020 Elections, Arizona audit, audit, Merrick Garland, News, Pennsylvania audit, Voting Rights

DOJ Fires Fresh Warning Shot At States Curtailing Voting Rights Or Considering MAGA Audits

As new voter restrictions and bogus post-election “audits” sweep across the country, the Department of Justice sent a shot across the bow Wednesday, issuing two documents laying out federal law on election records and voting rights. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who previewed the documents last month when he announced the federal lawsuit over new voting […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 28, 2021, 4:57 pm
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in The Franchise, Voting Rights

The ‘Jan. 6 Committee’ Is A Voting Rights Issue

What you need to know about voting rights and democracy in America JULY 26, 2021 || ISSUE NO. 11 In this issue… Trump Regurgitates Arizona ‘Audit’ Nonsense At Rally//Audit Mania Reaches Texas//Biden Admin’s Differences With Voting Rights Advocates Spill Into Open Written by Matt Shuham […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 26, 2021, 5:25 pm
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in civil rights, Coronavirus, Covid-19, cruel republicans, Featured News, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican Party

GOP Legislatures Invoke Civil Rights to Prevent Fictitious Vaccination ‘Mandates’

COVID-19 vaccinations are not required anywhere in the United States. Yet, that’s not stopping several republican state lawmakers from seeking to apply existing civil rights legislation to prevent “mandatory” vaccine implementation. Montana has already passed such a bill. Claiming forced vaccination is tantamount to “discrimination,” Montana’s law prohibits businesses, government agencies, and places of “public accommodation”—grocery […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 26, 2021, 11:10 am
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Bob Moses—Visionary, Organizer, Teacher—Risked His Life for Voting Rights

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. At a time when voting rights are under assault, it is important to remember the legacy of Bob Moses, a brilliant community organizer who died on Saturday at age 86. Moses was a key architect of the civil rights movement’s campaign to […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 26, 2021, 10:29 am
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in Politics, Voting Rights

Abolish Filibuster to Protect Voting Rights – Mother Jones

Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., center, and Cliff Albright, right, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, are arrested with activists during a protest to support voting rights outside of Hart Building on July 22, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 23, 2021, 9:55 am
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in Biden, Black People, Civil Rights and Liberties, Democratic Party, Discrimination, Filibusters and Debate Curbs, Harris, Joseph R Jr, Kamala D, Law and Legislation, Minorities, Republican Party, United States Politics and Government, Voter Registration and Requirements, Voting and Voters

Democrats’ Divide on Voting Rights Widens as Biden Faces Pressure

WASHINGTON — A quiet divide between President Biden and the leaders of the voting rights movement burst into the open on Thursday, as 150 organizations urged him to use his political mettle to push for two expansive federal voting rights bills that would combat a Republican wave of balloting restrictions. In the letter, signed by […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 22, 2021, 6:38 pm
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Andy Biggs Lashes Out at Texas Democrats Who Caught Covid While Fighting for Voting Rights

Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) criticized the Texas Democrats who fled their state and went to Washington, D.C. to make a push for voting rights, blaming them for a “super spreader event” after several of them caught Covid-19. “The media won’t admit the Texas Democrats’ visit to DC was a ‘super-spreader’ event,” he wrote. “I wish […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 21, 2021, 9:58 am
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Supreme Court: The 50-year war to crush voting rights in the US

The Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan lamented in a dissenting opinion earlier this month, “has treated no statute worse” than the Voting Rights Act. She’s right. The Voting Rights Act is arguably the most successful civil rights law in American history. Originally signed in 1965, it was the United States’ first serious attempt since Reconstruction […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 21, 2021, 7:00 am
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Texas Democrats Face Covid Outbreak and a Stalled Voting Rights Push

Because of the outbreak, meetings and conferences that would have taken place in person are now on screens. Plans for at least the next week have been frozen. The Fight Over Voting Rights After former President Donald J. Trump returned in recent months to making false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen from […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 20, 2021, 5:00 pm
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Our Message Continues to be ‘Thanks For Standing Up For Voting Rights’ (VIDEO)

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday defended the Texas Democrat super spreaders because of their bravery and standing up for voting rights. Last Monday 60 Democrat members of the state House of Representatives fled Texas to Washington DC to block Republicans from advancing new voting laws through a special session of the legislature. […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 20, 2021, 12:20 pm
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in Featured News, Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Claims Americans Don’t Want Voting Rights Bills

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the outrage over Republican voter suppression phony and argued that Americans don’t want voting rights bills. Video: Sen. Mitch McConnell: “Americans want to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.” pic.twitter.com/WKo3ZrlweC — The Hill (@thehill) July 19, 2021 Minority Leader McConnell said on the Senate floor, “Rewrite […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 19, 2021, 3:41 pm