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McConnell just called #ForThePeopleAct "a partisan effort" "racial justice" "hot wiring our democracy"
He said, "He helped pass HAVA (Help America Vote Act)." BTW HAVA had "poison pill" in that legislation. It opened the path for strict Voter ID implementation.
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He said, "He helped pass HAVA (Help America Vote Act)." BTW HAVA had "poison pill" in that legislation. It opened the path for strict Voter ID implementation.
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Senator Roger Wicker (R) still called #ForThePeopleAct "partisan" and makes it "easier to vote."
Democrats need to ask The GOP: "Should voting be impossibly difficult? Is it partisan to make sure voters are picking their candidates, not state legislatures picking the voters?"
Democrats need to ask The GOP: "Should voting be impossibly difficult? Is it partisan to make sure voters are picking their candidates, not state legislatures picking the voters?"
Senator Jeff Merkley (D) quotes Cairre Catts, “The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty. That vote of yours has cost millions of dollars and the lives of thousands of women."
The AFL-CIO urges swift confirmation of Kristen Clarke to be Assistant Attorney General for the @CivilRights Division in the @TheJusticeDept which is charged with enforcing federal statutes that aim to protect every person in the United States from discriminatory treatment.
Ms. Clarke is the ideal person to lead this work, which is as consequential today as it was when the Division was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Ms. Clarke most recently served as the President and Executive Director of the @LawyersComm. Established in 1963 to engage the private bar in the defense of civil rights, the Lawyer’s Committee is now well known for its signature “Election Protection” operation,
