Arizona has a long, sordid history of voter suppression, and it has only gotten worse Since Chief Justice John Roberts, who spent his legal career working to destroy the Voting Rights Act to make America safe for wealthy white Christian males who are Republicans, finally succeeded in gutting the Voting Rights Act with Shelby County … Read more
Update to Governor Ducey Signs A Facially Unconstitutional Voter Suppression Bill. Jake Johnson reports at Salon, Democrat calls out Kyrsten Sinema for “directly enabling” new GOP voter purge law in Arizona: Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faced fresh backlash from civil rights groups [last week] after the Republican governor of her home state of Arizona signed into … Read more
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will hold separate events Thursday to focus attention on Democratic efforts to combat voter suppression and protect voting rights nationwide, Democratic officials tell CNN. Biden and Harris to focus on voting rights Thursday, expand DNC program: Harris will announce the expansion of the Democratic National Committee’s “I … Read more
End Citizens United Action Fund is out with a new report, The Dark Money Assault On Voting Rights (excerpt): THE BACKDROP During the Trump Administration, Republican operatives raised at least $250 million in dark money contributions to help push through more than 200 conservative judges to the federal bench, including many who had records of … Read more
The Democratic-controlled House in the previous Congress passed H.R.1, the For The People Act of 2019. Quick summary: This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill … Read more