The Washington Post editorializes today, Arizona is now ground zero in Republicans’ war on voting: Undeterred by the backlash to Georgia’s new anti-voting law, Arizona Republicans have made their state ground zero in the party’s spurious efforts to question the 2020 election results and restrict voting. First, they insisted on running a chaotic “audit” of … 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
E.J. Montini of The Arizona Republic actually went there and called on the NFL to cancel Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in 2023, in response to the voter suppression bill passed by our MAGA/QAnon cult legislature and signed by our “Wimpy Kid” Governor, Doug Ducey. (And let us not forget the ongoing disgrace … Read more
On one side is the pro-democracy party that wants to expand voter participation and voter access, and to make our democracy work again. On the other side are “Republicans who now represent one of the largest, in terms of numbers, anti-democratic movements in the world.” – Nicolle Wallace. She is correct. As I have posted … Read more
Supreme Court reporter Ian Milhiser makes an important point: The Supreme Court made the GOP’s new voting restrictions possible: Thursday morning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation that restricts absentee voting, discourages voters from registering through voter registration campaigns, and potentially prohibits volunteers from giving food and water to voters waiting in line to … Read more