Today, President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the latest assault on voting rights. Our fundamental right to vote is sacred, and we need federal oversight to ensure its protection.
Watch live: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/jim-c…
"Contrary to numerous news reports, the 2020 Election did not go smoothly. Instead, voters overcame a litany of barriers and obstacles with determination and resilience to produce the highest turnout ever recorded in a presidential election." --@Sifill_LDF
"Since January 7, state lawmakers in dozens of states have unleashed a wave of restrictive voter laws. According to @BrennanCenter, as of March 24, state legislators have introduced 361 bills with restrictive provisions in 47 states." --@Sifill_LDF
"The average length of Section 2 cases is 2-5 years, during which thousands if not millions of voters are effectively disenfranchised. This isn't a model that can be sustained in a healthy democracy. We need Congress to act." --@Sifill_LDF
.@Sifill_LDF: Litigation is a blunt instrument. What preclearance gave us was the opportunity to get out ahead of voting discrimination before it happened, to have a review of the kind that should've happened with S.B.202.
"Every provision of S.B. 202 would have gone through that process before it became law...We will litigate that case likely for more than a year, and there will still be elections in Georgia...As a matter of democracy, we need to deal with these matters before they become law."
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