Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met with a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss voting rights, one day after he missed a Democratic caucus lunch where the group briefed senators. The Hill reports, Manchin meets with Texas lawmakers on voting rights: Manchin met with Texas state Sen. Royce West (D); Texas state Rep. … Read more
An Arizona progressive group announced today that they are preparing petitions to refer two Ducey-signed laws that would make it more difficult for Arizonans to vote and make sure their ballots are counted. “Arizona Deserves Better” has been a registered PAC since 2019, with Janie Hydrick and Eric Kramer as its officers. Kramer indicates that … Read more
Heather Digby Parton explains, It’s not voter suppression, stupid. The GOP’s new — and old — weapon is vote nullification (excerpt): [T]he civil rights groups and Democratic Party officials who have been fighting for the right to vote for years don’t have a lot of experience dealing with this specific type of assault on the … Read more
Arizona Secretary of State (and 2022 gubernatorial candidate) Katie Hobbs has an op-ed in the Washington Post today. I’m leading the fight for voting rights in Arizona. We need the Senate to step up, now. – Are you listening now, Senator Kyrsten Sinema? Democracy is under siege in Arizona. As part of the “big lie” … Read more
The Biden Justice Department has been virtually silent on voting rights since Merrick Garland took over a Justice Department thoroughly corrupted by the most corrupt Attorney General in American history, William Barr. Arizonan’s have been asking where in the hell is the Justice Department action to stop the Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit” after the … Read more