The anti-democratic, anti-majoritarian tendencies of authoritarian Republicans is growing worse. A Pew Research Center poll released on Thursday, which finds that Republicans increasingly oppose measures that would expand access to the ballot. The Drop in Republican Support for Voting Rights: The percentage of Republicans and independents leaning toward the G.O.P. who said that voters should be … Read more
The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would make Washington, D.C., a state, sending the measure to the House for a vote later this month. The Hill reports, House committee approves DC statehood bill: The House Oversight and Reform Committee passed H.R. 51, also known as the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, … Read more
Jeremy Duda from the Arizona Mirror reports: From Democracy Docket: NBC News reports, Top private law firms plan ‘SWAT teams’ to fight voting restrictions in court: First, it was the businesses. Now, it’s the bar. More than a dozen of the country’s top law firms have committed to join forces to challenge voting restrictions across … Read more
As Hannibal Smith from the A Team used to say, “I love it when a plan comes together.” More than 100 chief executives and corporate leaders gathered online Saturday to discuss taking new action to combat the GQP Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression bills being introduced across the country, including the bill recently signed into … Read more
According to former Obama/Biden Attorney General Eric Holder who cited data from the Brennan Center, 350 pieces of voter suppression legislation have been proposed across the country this year. In a mid-day presser on April 9, 2021, the former Attorney General and head of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, joined by Arizona House Democratic Leader … Read more