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Federal Court Blocks Georgia Ban On Giving Food And Water To People Waiting To Vote
The part of the Georgia voter suppression law that banned food and drink for people who are waiting in line to vote has been blocked by a federal court.
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DOJ Sues Arizona Over New Law Making It Harder To Register To Vote
The DOJ is suing Arizona for a new that requires new voters to show proof of citizenship before they can register to vote.
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Voter Registration Activity Surges Among Women After Roe Draft Was Leaked
According to the non-partisan organization vote.org, online voter registration, and mail-in ballot requests jumped 65% after the SCOTUS opinion overturning Roe was leaked.
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Florida House Republicans Turn Off WiFi So The World Can’t See Racist Map Protest
In a move straight out of Russia or North Korea, Florida House Republicans turned off the WiFi and cleared the gallery so that protests of their gerrymandered racist map would not be seen.
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Black Leaders Tell Ron DeSantis They Will Not Stand Down After He Unveils Racist Florida Map
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s proposed Florida congressional map has been labeled racist as it eliminates majority-black districts in the state.
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Two Florida Republicans Plead Guilty To Committing Voter Fraud For Trump
Two Republicans have copped a plea to submitting multiple ballots for Donald Trump during the 2020 election.
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Mark Meadows Is In Real Trouble As North Carolina Kicks Him Off The Voter Rolls For Election Fraud
North Carolina is not only investigating Mark Meadows for criminal election fraud, they have also kicked him off of the voter rolls.
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Republicans Busted In Massive Alleged Florida Voter Fraud Scheme
The state Republican Party of Florida changed the voter registration of hundreds of low-income voters to Republican without their consent.
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Rep. Charlie Crist Requests Merrick Garland Investigate Florida Republican Voter Registration Fraud
Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) has requested that the DOJ investigate reports of Republicans changing the voter registration of seniors without their consent in Florida.
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Democrats Score Big Court Wins That May Help Them Keep The House
Democrats are scoring big court wins against Republican gerrymandered maps that are leveling the playing field for the midterm election.
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North Carolina GOP Gerrymandered Maps Struck Down For Violating The Right To Vote
The North Carolina Supreme Court has struck down the Republican-drawn gerrymandered maps as a violation of the right to vote
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A Former Republican FEC Chair Just Called For Democrats To Pass Voting Rights
Former Republican Federal Election Commission Chair and current Campaign Legal Center President, Trevor Potter called on Senate Democrats to pass voting rights.
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Martin Luther King III Calls Out Manchin And Sinema’s Filibuster Hypocrisy
The King family held a press conference to call for the passage of voting rights legislation as Martin Luther King III called out Manchin and Sinema’s filibuster hypocrisy.
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Mitch McConnell Has A Senate Floor Meltdown Over Biden’s Voting Rights Speech
Mitch McConnell went on a nearly ten-minute rant/tantrum on the Senate floor in response to President Biden’s voting rights speech.
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Republicans Who’ve Pushed The Big Lie Are Raking in Massive Amounts of Money for Secretary of State Races
Republicans who’ve backed former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 general election was stolen are raking in massive amounts of money for Secretary of State races across the nation, a further indication of their efforts to wield partisan control over elections. “Secretary of state candidates in three battleground states — Georgia, Michigan and…
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McConnell’s Office Accuses Dems of Orchestrating “Fake Hysteria” Over Voting Rights
The office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a memo that Democrats are pushing “the left’s Big Lie,” accusing them of orchestrating “fake hysteria” over voting rights. The memo says Democrats will “try to use fake hysteria to break the Senate and silence millions of Americans’ voices so they can take over…
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Schumer Expresses Skepticism to McConnell’s Openness to Discussing Changes to Election Law
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressed skepticism to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s openness to discussing changes to election law as Democrats work to advance significant voting rights legislation in the Senate. “I think this is a fake. I think it’s a way to try and get the two senators that we have who…
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Over 150 Pro-Democracy Groups Urge Schumer To Change The Filibuster And Pass Voting Rights
More than 150 pro-democracy groups are calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to change the filibuster rules and pass voting rights.
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Chuck Schumer To Trigger Move On The Filibuster In Effort To Pass Voting Rights
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will put the Freedom To Vote Act up for a vote to trigger the steps towards filibuster reform.
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Biden Announces Support for Changing Filibuster Rules to Pass Voting Rights Legislation
President Joe Biden announced his support for amending Senate rules and changing the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. “That means whatever it takes. Change the Senate rules to accommodate major pieces of legislation without requiring 60 votes,” Biden said in an interview with ABC News’ David Muir. “The only thing standing between getting voting…
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Congressional Black Caucus Urges Senate to Reconvene and Pass Voting Rights Legislation
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging the Senate to reconvene and pass crucial voting rights legislation. The United States will “lose the most if the Senate does not do their job and pass voting rights legislation,” CBC Chairwoman Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) said in a statement, adding that “every citizen is entitled to an equal opportunity to…
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Biden DOJ Sues Texas For Voting Map That Discriminates Against Blacks And Latinos
The Justice Department has sued Texas for a second time in a month over a new election map that discriminates against Latinos and other minorities.
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Radio Host Joe Madison Announces He Will Go on Hunger Strike Until Congress Passes Voting Rights Legislation
Joe Madison, host of SiriusXM Urban View, announced he will go on a hunger strike until Congress passes significant voting rights legislation that has languished for months. “As a political protest, I am beginning a hunger strike today by abstaining from eating any solid food until Congress passes, and President Biden signs, the Freedom to Vote Act…
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Republicans Filibuster The John Lewis Voting Rights Act
More than 40 Senate Republicans filibustered and blocked debate from beginning on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
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Leading Small Business Groups Demand Filibuster Carve Out For Voting Rights
A coalition of the nation’s leading small business organizations is demanding a filibuster carve out to pass voting rights.
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Patrick Leahy and Senate Dems Introduce Measure to Strengthen Voting Rights Act
Senate Democrats have introduced a measure to strengthen the Voting Rights Act. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and 48 other senators. The legislation would update the Voting Rights Act to strengthen sections previously affected by Shelby County v. Holder (2013) and Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee…
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Ohio Republicans Sued For Illegal Gerrymandered Map
The ACLU has sued the Republican-dominated Ohio redistricting commission for drawing a gerrymandered map that violates the state constitution.
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Republicans Busted In Text Messages Admitting Election Laws Have Nothing To Do With Fraud
Text messages obtained in a lawsuit related to Florida’s election reform law revealed that the new law had nothing to do with fraud.
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North Carolina Court Permanently Blocks State’s Racist Voter ID Law
A three-judge North Carolina Superior Court panel has ruled 2-1 to permanently block the state’s voter ID law because it targets African-Americans.
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Momentum Is Growing Among Democrats To Support Filibuster Reform
It is not just all Senate Democrats that support The Freedom to Vote Act, momentum is growing in the White House for filibuster reform.
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MSNBC Columnist Calls on Biden to Defund States That Restrict Voting Rights
As Republican legislatures around the country continue to make strong pushes to restrict voting rights––as they’ve done in Georgia and Texas––MSNBC opinion columnist Dean Obeidallah is calling on President Joe Biden to defund states that do just that. “When Republicans don’t like what a state or local government is doing — from Covid-19-related mask mandates to teaching critical…
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Former Rep. David Jolly Says Democrats Will Win Elections For A Generation If They Get Voting Rights Done
Former Rep. David Jolly said that if Joe Biden and Democrats get voting rights done, they will win elections for a generation.
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Ahead of Midterms, the DNC Will Invest Millions in Voter Engagement
The DNC has announced an expansion of this successful initiative “to address and overcome efforts across the country to make voting more difficult and burdensome.”
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Ted Cruz And Senate Republicans Block Any Debate On Voting Rights
Sen. Ted Cruz led Senate Republicans in blocking every effort to start a debate on voting rights.
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New Report Obliterates Republican Lies On Voting Discrimination
A new report from the House Rules Committee has found that discrimination against voters has increased since the Supreme Court’s Shelby decision.
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Jon Ossoff Takes a Stand: Will Introduce “Right to Vote Act” in the Senate
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) announced that he will introduce the “Right to Vote Act” in the Senate. The legislation would create a statutory right to vote in elections, would prevent states from limiting the right to vote without justification, and ensure that every vote is counted. It has received the endorsement of Fair Fight Action,…
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Arizona GOP Busted As Judge Rules All Documents On Who Is Paying For “Audit” Turned Over
A judge has ordered Arizona Senate Republicans to turn over all documents related to the “audit” of 2020 ballots and who is paying for it.
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Wake Up Democrats: Powerful Right Wing Groups Are Funding Attack To Rig Every Election
As some Democrats drag their feet on voting rights, power big-money conservative groups are funding the destruction of democracy.
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Democrats Deal A Huge Blow To Voter Suppression With Big Texas Court Win
Texas Democrats, the DCCC, and DSCC scored a big win in court as Texas voters will be able to register to vote online when they renew driver’s licenses permanently.
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Election Workers Have Been Threatened with Violence and Feel Unsafe, Spark Exodus
Nearly 1 in 6 election workers have been threatened with violence and almost 1 in 3 said they feel unsafe because of their job, information that has sparked fears of an exodus. “It’s absolutely going to lead to an unprecedented exodus of a whole generation, I think, of professional election administrators,” David Becker, executive director…
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Thousands Rise Up And Show Up For Voting Rights Protest In Texas
Hundreds of marchers made their way to Austin, TX, on Saturday as thousands of people joined them at a protest for voting rights.
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Greg Abbott Comes Unhinged And Screams About Biden Being A Liar
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) can’t defend the new Texas efforts to suppress the vote so he went on Fox News and started screaming about President Biden being a liar.
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Amy Klobuchar Hints That Senate Democrats Are Making Progress On Busting Voting Rights Filibuster
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chair of the Senate Rules Committee, hinted that Democrats are making progress on breaking the voting rights filibuster.
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Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Says Democrats Will Be Arrested and GOP Will Work on Passing Voting Restrictions
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) told Fox News that the Democrats who fled the state to block a bill that would have tightened voter restrictions in the GOP-controlled state. Patrick expressed confidence that the matter would be resolved soon. “They can’t hold out forever. They have families back home. They have jobs back home….
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Calls Grow For Democrats To Use Mitch McConnell’s Hypocrisy For Filibuster Voting Rights Carve Out
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) urged Democrats to follow Mitch McConnell’s lead and create a filibuster carve out to pass voting rights.
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Chuck Schumer To Meet With Texas Democrats To Plot Strategy To Pass Voting Rights Bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be meeting with the Texas Democrats who left Texas to plot strategy on passing a voting rights bill.
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Texas House Authorizes Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Left State to Block Voter Restrictions
The Texas House has authorized arrest warrants for the Democrats who left the state to block a bill that would have tightened voter restrictions in the GOP-controlled state. “Members, the sergeant-at-arms and the officers appointed by him are directed to send for all absentees whose attendance is not excused for the purpose of securing and…
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Texas House Democrat Trey Martinez Fischer Defends His Party for Fleeing State to Block Voter Restrictions
Speaking to CNN, Texas House Democrat Trey Martinez Fischer said Democrats need to have “courage,” “conviction,” and “sometimes a little bit of defiance” if they want to stand up in the fight against Republican attempts to impose restrictions on the right to vote. Martinez Fischer’s remarks came after Texas Democrats fled the state to block…
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J.D. Vance Attacks Kamala Harris After She Speaks About the Impact of Voter ID Laws on Rural Communities
J.D. Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy and a recent Republican Senate candidate, criticized Vice President Kamala Harris after she spoke out against voter identification laws. Harris had said that voter identification laws would hurt people in rural areas. “I don’t think that we should underestimate what that could mean, because, in some people’s mind, that means,…
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Opinion: Conservative SCOTUS Legalizes Republican 2021 Jim Crow Laws
SCOTUS is on pace to approve every new iteration of Jim Crow Republicans can devise and it will be the undoing of America as a representative democratic republic – which is precisely what Republicans dream of at night.
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Opinion: The US Supreme Court Authorized More Voter Suppression
The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona restrictions. The first prohibits individuals other than close family members or caregivers from collecting mail-in ballots. The second requires elections officials to reject votes from people who report to incorrect precincts…
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DOJ Busts Georgia For Illegally Targeting Black Voters With Voting Laws
The DOJ lawsuit against Georgia alleges that the state intentionally and illegally targeted black voters with their new voting laws. According to Mother Jones: The Justice Department suit is relying on what remains of the VRA to try to ensure Georgia will once again have to approve its voting changes with the federal government. Specifically, a still-standing…
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Department of Justice Suing Georgia Over Voting Restrictions
The Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit challenging new voting restrictions in Georgia. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the DOJ‘s action during a press conference this morning. “This lawsuit is the first of many steps we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted,…
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Representative Sharice Davids Slams Republican Senators for Blocking Voting Rights Bill
Speaking on CNN, Representative Sharice Davids (D-Kans.) slammed Republican senators who blocked the For the People Act, a comprehensive voting and election reform bill, from reaching the floor for debate. “I am so disappointed in my Republican colleagues in the Senate for continuing to block the will of the people,” she said. “There are so…
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Republicans Are Officially The Enemies Of Democracy After Blocking Voting Rights Bill
Cable news referred to the vote on moving forward with debate on the For The People Act symbolic and it was. It symbolized Republicans as the enemies of democracy.
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GOP Filibuster To Backfire As Democrats Plan Voting Rights Nightmare For McConnell
Democrats are going to respond to Republicans filibustering the For The People Act by forcing them to vote on every piece of the bill.
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480 State Legislators Send Open Letter Asking Congress to Pass Voting Rights Bills
In an open letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), 480 state legislators ask Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. In the letter, the lawmakers,…
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One of the Biggest Democratic Super PACs Has Pledged $20 Million for Voting Rights Initiatives Ahead of 2022
Priorities USA, one of the biggest Democratic Super PACs, has pledged $20 million for voting rights initiatives ahead of the 2022 election cycle. The group’s announcement is aimed at actions by Republicans to restrict voting access and will comprise a digital effort that will include “a series of extensive voter information campaigns, going beyond a…
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Senate Republicans Prepare to Kill Voting Rights Bill Today
Senate Democrats are preparing for a defeat as their Republican colleagues unite to kill the For the People Act, a voting and election reform bill that Democrats have made a top priority. Republicans have called the bill a partisan exercise and Democrats have faced opposition from within their own party, most notably from Senator Joe…
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Beto O’Rourke Says He Supports Joe Manchin’s Voting Rights Compromise
During an appearance on CNN, former Representative Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) said he supports Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-W. Va.) policy demands on voter reform for the Senate to pass the For the People Act. Manchin’s demands include banning partisan gerrymandering; requiring voter identification with new alternatives, such as a utility bill; mandating at least 15 consecutive days…
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Stacey Abrams Backs Joe Manchin’s Voting Rights Compromise
Speaking to CNN, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams says she supports Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-W. Va.) policy demands on voter reform for the Senate to pass the For the People Act. Manchin’s demands include banning partisan gerrymandering; requiring voter identification with new alternatives, such as a utility bill; mandating at…
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Former Senate Aide Blasts Manchin and GOP as “Enemies of Democracy”
Former Senate aide Brent Budowsky, who was an aide to former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) and former Rep. Bill Alexander (D-Ark.), criticized Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) and the Republican Party in an op-ed for The Hill, referring to them as “enemies of democracy” who are blocking the Senate from passing crucial voting rights legislation….
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Pelosi Dismisses Manchin’s Objections, Urges Senate to Act to Defend Election Integrity
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urged the Senate to approve a bill that would constitute the largest expansions of voter protections yet, dismissing the objections of Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), who vowed not to vote for the measure on partisan grounds and highlighted problems with the Democrats‘ ability to pass major legislation with a…
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Representative Jamaal Bowman: Joe Manchin Is “The New Mitch McConnell
Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) criticized Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) after it emerged that Manchin would vote against an election reform bill crucial to the Democratic agenda. Bowman said Manchin is “doing everything in his power to stop democracy.” Bowman further compared Manchin and his tactics to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom he considers…
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Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s Secretary of State Who Defended Elections Amid GOP Attacks, Launches Bid for Governor
Katie Hobbs, who has served as Arizona’s Secretary of State since 2019 and defended the state‘s elections even as the GOP, led by former President Donald Trump, repeatedly assailed them with baseless conspiracy theories about election fraud, has announced a run for governor. “We did our job,” she said in a video announcing her bid. “They refused…
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Texas State Representative Briscoe Cain Can Barely Answer Whether “Voter Reform” Discriminates Against Minorities
Texas State Representative Briscoe Cain (R) claimed that a Texas “voter reform” bill doesn’t discriminate against non-whites despite concerns from Democrats and voting rights advocates that it does. “Democrats say the bill discourages minorities from voting. What is your argument against that?” “Fox and Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked Cain during the program. “Well, had…
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Texas Democrats Walk Off House Floor And Block Election Rigging Bill From Passing
Just before a midnight deadline at the end of the legislation, Texas Democrats walked off the House floor to deny a quorum and blocked an election rigging bill from passing.
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Study: GOP Election Rigging Laws Backfire And Hurt Republican Voters
A new study revealed that the restrictive voting laws being passed by state Republicans will hurt the GOP more than they think.
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47% of Republicans Want The GOP To Rig Elections In 2022 And 2024
A new CBS News Poll revealed that nearly half of the Republican Party thinks that their strategy should be to rig the next two elections.
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Republicans Busted For Coordinated Campaign To Stop People From Voting
Anti-democracy dark money groups have spent $42 million and counting on a campaign to undermine democracy and take away the vote.
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Ron DeSantis And Florida GOP Immediately Sued After Signing Election Rigging Law
A coalition of Florida voting rights groups immediately sued Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republican officials for violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Florida Election Rigging Law Backfires And Makes It Harder For Republicans To Vote
Florida Republicans have realized that their election rigging bill makes it harder for Republicans to vote.
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Rand Paul Goes Off the Deep End with Revisionist History Claiming Democrats Invented Jim Crow Laws
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) offered revisionist history during an appearance on Fox News when he claimed that Democrats created Jim Crow laws. The short answer to this is that Southern Democrats defended slavery in the 19th century and proposed the racist laws that were on the books for decades well into the 20th. The monopoly…
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Trump Continues Lying About Georgia Voting Procedures, Says Republicans Are Afraid of Being Called Racists
Former President Donald Trump claimed Republicans have not made controversial voting restrictions in the state of Georgia strong enough out of fear of being called racists. “My reaction is the Georgia bill is far too weak,” Trump told Fox News personality Sean Hannity. “It’s just where you have to have signature verification. They don’t have it….
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Republicans Accused Of Election Rigging Conspiracy As Congress Demands DOJ Probe
11 House Democratic African American Congresswomen are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate a Republican conspiracy to rig elections.
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Trump Spits On Democracy With Claim That Georgia’s Voting Restrictions Are “Too Weak”
Former President Donald Trump said new voting restrictions passed in the state of Georgia are “too weak” as Governor Brian Kemp (R) and his government continue to face harsh criticism from advocacy groups who say the restrictions will disproportionately affect poorer communities and people of color. “Georgia’s election reform law is far too weak and…
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McConnell Tells CEOs To “Stay Out of Politics”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tore into corporations whose CEOs have spoken out against Georgia’s new voting restrictions, urging them to stay out of politics. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of America is to stay out of politics. Don’t pick sides in these big fights,” McConnell said. McConnell’s criticisms appear at odds with…
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Democrats Unveil Voter Empowerment Act Written By The Late John Lewis
House and Senate Democrats have introduced the Voter Empowerment Act, which is a piece of legislation written by the late Rep. John Lewis.
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Brian Kemp Throws A Tantrum And Blames Biden And Stacey Abrams For MLB Moving All-Star Game
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) responded to MLB moving its All-Star Game out of Georgia by blaming President Biden and Stacey Abrams.
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Hosts of “Fox and Friends” Mock Concerns About Georgia Voting Restrictions
The hosts of “Fox and Friends” mocked concerns about voting restrictions in the state of Georgia after the Republican Party passed legislation that significantly curbs voting rights, including stricter identification requirements and a measure that makes it a misdemeanor to offer food and water to voters waiting in line. “The water argument is what cracks…
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Texas Senate Passes New Voting Restrictions
Early this morning, the Texas Senate approved Senate Bill 7, new voting restrictions in the state. The final version of the bill is not yet online for review but the original bill “banned overnight early voting hours and drive-thru early voting, while restricting how election officials handle mail voting,” according to NBC News. In a…
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Defends Voter Law Despite Backlash
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp defended his state’s controversial new voting legislation despite significant backlash. “I’m glad to deal with it,” Kemp said of the backlash, the most high profile of which came from corporations like Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola. “If they want to have a debate about the merits and the facts of the bill,…
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Biden DOJ Might Sue Georgia Over New Voter Suppression Laws
DOJ officials would only say that they are looking at the new Georgia voter suppression law, it is possible that they could sue the state.
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Al Franken Predicts Democrats Will Pass Voting Rights Bills In Response To Georgia Jim Crow 2.0
Former Sen. Al Franken said that he has been talking to his former colleagues and he predicts that Democrats will pass new voting rights bills in response to Georgia voter suppression.
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Georgia Sued by Civil Rights Groups Over Voting Restrictions
The state of Georgia has made headlines in recent days after GOP lawmakers passed legislation that significantly curbs voting rights, including stricter identification requirements and a measure that makes it a misdemeanor to offer food and water to voters waiting in line. “These provisions lack any justification for their burdensome and discriminatory effects on voting,”…
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Opinion: Republicans Claim Allowing All Eligible Americans To Vote Is An Assault On Democracy
The concept of voter equality is anathema to Republicans who would not control large areas of the country without voter suppression in all its variations.
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Biden Praises House for Passing Election Reform
President Joe Biden praised members of the House of Representatives for passing a comprehensive election reform and voting rights bill, saying he will continue to work with Congress to “refine and advance it.” “The right to vote is sacred and fundamental — it is the right from which all of our other rights as Americans…
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House Democrats Move To Stop GOP Voter Suppression By Passing Largest Expansion Of Voting Rights Since 1965
House Democrats responded to the nationwide Republican voter suppression campaign by passing the For The People Act, which would be the largest expansion of voting rights since 1965.
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“Stop Stacey”: GOP Group Takes Aim at Abrams Over Possible 2022 Gubernatorial Run
Stacey Abrams is widely expected to run for Georgia Governor again after losing to incumbent Brian Kemp, a Republican, in 2018, a loss that galvanized activists in the state who said Abrams and her supporters were the targets of voter suppression. Since losing the race, Abrams has taken the problem of voter suppression head-on, launching…
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In An Election Marked by Voter Suppression, Mike Huckabee Says Long Lines Show Americans “Care”
Images around the country show people lined up to vote, sometimes for hours, in an election that has been characterized by voter suppression. According to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, long lines are a sign Americans “care” and are not deterred. “It shows an extraordinary interest,” Huckabee said. “When people are lined up to vote,…
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Federal Courts Block GOP Attack On Voters In Michigan And Georgia
In two separate cases, federal courts stopped Republicans from attacking voting rights in Michigan and Georgia.
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Trump Refuses to Commit to a Peaceful Transfer of Power After Election
When questioned by reporters, President Donald Trump would not commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November’s general election to Joe Biden. “Win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferal of power after the election?” a reporter asked. “We’re going to have to see…
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Stacey Abrams Says Trump’s Suggestion to Vote Twice Will Hurt “Good-Intentioned People”
Speaking to Yahoo News, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said President Donald Trump’s suggestion for people to vote twice in November’s election will hurt “good-intentioned people.” Voting twice in the same election is illegal. “What’s most worrisome to me is that people who … were not the voters he was trying to encourage but…
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Democrats Just Stopped Millions Of Voters From Being Disenfranchised In Texas
Democrats won a major court decision that stops Republicans in Texans from disenfranchising millions of the state’s voters on a technicality.
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LeBron James Announces Huge Effort to Recruit Poll Workers in Black Neighborhoods
LeBron James is not only one of the richest and most successful athletes in the world, he’s also one of the most charitable. The Lakers star has paid for numerous college educations, served thousands of meals and even built a school in his home town of Akron, Ohio. This year, the basketball star has turned…
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Pelosi: Undermining Elections Makes Trump and Republicans “Enemies of the State”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the choice to undermine the 2020 general election and gutting the United States Postal Service (USPS) makes President Donald Trump and Republicans “enemies of the state.” “We take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. And sadly, the domestic enemies to our…
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Trump Spends Morning Lying About Mail-In Voting, Calling It a “Catastrophic Disaster”
In what critics might view as a preview of his remarks on the second night of the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to lie about mail-in voting, claiming that implementing it would result in a “catastrophic disaster.” “For our Country to be sending 80 million UNSOLICITED BALLOTS is very unfair and…
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Rep. Cheri Bustos: Trump is Trying to “Undermine Confidence” in Democracy
Representative Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) says President Donald Trump, amid repeated attacks against mail-in voting and the United States Postal Service (USPS), is “doing everything he can to undermine people’s confidence in our democracy.” “That is a sin. We’ve got the longest lasting democracy on the face of the planet,” Bustos, who is the Chairwoman of…
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Opinion: Choose The America That Respects Its Electorate
It was a week of contrasts between the democracy we have and the tyranny Donald Trump is trying to build on the ash heap of what use to be America. Enter Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, representing the America we are, where people seek a more perfect Union. All people regardless of skin color, citizenship,…
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Colorado Secretary of State: Trump is “Lying” About Mail-In Voting
Speaking on CNN, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) said President Donald Trump “is lying about vote by mail” in an effort to discredit mail-in ballots and cast doubt on the integrity of November’s general election. “Colorado has a very clean history of running great elections with vote by mail,” Griswold said. ”We have safeguards…