Elections and Voting
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The Citizens Policy Foundation will fight for voting rights year-round, and we will make voter protection an integral part of our work. We are making progress, but we won’t stop working to promote a system of elections that is accessible, open, and fair—one that ensures that every vote lawfully cast is counted.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula used for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which required jurisdictions with significant histories of voter discrimination to “pre-clear” any new voting practices or procedures, i.e., get federal approval from the Department of Justice, and show that they do not have a discriminatory purpose or effect. In 2013, the Supreme Court crippled one of the most effective protections for the right to vote — the Voting Rights Act — a historic law passed in 1965 to curb race-based voter discrimination and guarantee all Americans the equal right to vote. We need to fight to get Congress to pass the bipartisan Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Correspondence dinner 2023 April. Roy Wood.https://youtu.be/C5m5dIiJMD0
President Biden and congressional Democrats made a new push Thursday for voting rights legislation. The House passed a repackaged set of two bills aimed at blunting Republican-passed state laws that Democrats say will limit voting. But they still face hurdles within their own party to achieve a filibuster rule change. News Hour’s Lisa Desjardins and Geoff Bennett join Judy Woodruff to discuss.
President Biden on Thursday made his case for voting right legislation directly to Senate Democrats and heatedly denounced the Republican efforts to put limits on voting. But Sen. Kyrsten Sinema reiterated that she would not support a change to the 60-vote threshold or weakening the filibuster. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, a key lawmaker close to the issue, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.
https://youtu.be/hXJQRzOopVE
In a speech yesterday, President Biden called to end the filibuster in the Senate ahead of a possible vote on two federal voting rights bills, signaling a reversal of his previous position. NBC News’ Carol Lee breaks down how the president’s position has changed and whether the Democrats’ voting bills could pass in the Senate.
https://youtu.be/D_MK59k54SU
Senate Democrats suffered a major setback Wednesday night after voting rights legislation failed to advance in the chamber. CBS News’ Skyler Henry reports on what’s next in the fight to pass voting reforms.
https://youtu.be/olOXS-j0ARc
President of the Brennan Center Michael Waldman and ABC’s political director, Rick Klein, discuss the Democratic Party’s strategy to push voting rights legislation in Congress.
https://youtu.be/QqlhYoQ7gDI
U.S. senators returned to work in Washington, D.C. Monday as Democrats launched their most concerted push yet on voting legislation. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss voting rights, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the Freedom to Vote Act and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8YJHw49S3I
If passed in the Senate, the amalgamated package would require states with a recent history of voter discrimination to receive pre-clearance from the Department of Justice before passing new state and local election laws, as they did before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder.
https://www.alreporter.com/2022/01/14/john-lewis-voting-rights-act-passes-in-combined-package-with-freedom-to-vote-act/