Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also says the Senate ‘must take action’ on gun control legislation after 2 mass shootings this month, including one in Georgia that left 6 Asian American women and 2 others dead.
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As senators debate voting rights act, Republicans try to make it hard to vote in many states
Despite no evidence of widespread fraud, Republicans are making their calls for restrictions under the banner of ‘voting integrity.’
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Bill to lower Maine’s voting age to 16 faces ‘steep hill’
Passage is unlikely, in part because the change requires a constitutional amendment, but advocates contend a debate over lowering the voting age would be beneficial.
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Leonard Pitts: Republican Party considers ballots more dangerous than bullets
Republicans can’t win if all of us vote. So they’re trying hard to ‘fix’ that.
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Bruce Poliquin: We must protect our sacred right to vote, freely and fairly
Changes that Democrats claim will make it easier for eligible people to cast ballots will actually lead to a less transparent, nationalized system.
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Maine Voices: Lowering voting age to 16 will give more stakeholders a say in our democracy
Today’s young people are expected to fix past generations’ mistakes, yet we don’t have the basic right to cast a ballot. L.D. 706 would change that.
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House passes sweeping voting rights bill over Republican opposition
The bill would require states to automatically register eligible voters and offer same-day registration, but it faces big obstacles in the Senate.
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Leonard Pitts: America spends a lot of time trying to kill democracy
Senate Democrats must unite to block the filibuster and pass 2 bills that will expand access to voting.
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Supreme Court appears likely to uphold voting laws lower courts found unfair to minorities
However, the greater impact will be the test that the increasingly conservative court develops for proving violations of the Voting Rights Act, as new laws are proposed and state legislatures begin redrawing congressional and legislative districts following the 2020 Census.
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Critics: GOP measures target Black voter turnout in Georgia
Black voters have fueled big Democratic wins in Georgia, and Republicans are trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again