Watching.
USAG Garland says @TheJusticeDept will double the @CivilRights enforcement staff to protect right to vote.
Garland says DoJ will use all of the relevant federal statutes to protect every qualifying American seeking to participate in our democracy.
A watershed moment.
USAG Garland says @TheJusticeDept will double the @CivilRights enforcement staff to protect right to vote.
Garland says DoJ will use all of the relevant federal statutes to protect every qualifying American seeking to participate in our democracy.
A watershed moment.
https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1403384038082101255
@TheJusticeDept @CivilRights "…each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act" - @repjohnlewis, quoted by USAG Garland today.
nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opi…
nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opi…
@TheJusticeDept @CivilRights @repjohnlewis Hope @TheJusticeDept posts these remarks online soon; there's a lot here, from USAG saying Congress needs to pass S.1 & the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, to provide @TheJusticeDept the tools it needs, or reference to @POTUS' EO on voting to new guidance.
https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1368707529665114123
“some jurisdictions, based on disinformation, have utilized abnormal post-election audit methodologies that may put the integrity of the voting process at risk and undermine public confidence in our democracy.”-Garland justice.gov/opa/speech/att…
“we have not been blind to the dramatic increase in menacing & violent threats against all manner of state & local election workers, ranging from the highest administrators to volunteer poll workers. Such threats undermine our electoral process & violate a myriad of federal laws” 
“Nearly two & a half centuries into our experiment of ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people,’ we have learned much about what supports a healthy democracy.
We know that expanding the ability of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar.”—USAG Garland
We know that expanding the ability of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar.”—USAG Garland
A fact sheet uploaded by @TheJusticeDept summarizes the policy announcements on voting rights by Garland: justice.gov/opa/speech/att…
Oddly, the letter by Karlan to the Arizona Senate isn’t linked, nor obviously posted by @CivilRights: washingtonpost.com/context/justic…
Oddly, the letter by Karlan to the Arizona Senate isn’t linked, nor obviously posted by @CivilRights: washingtonpost.com/context/justic…
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