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Democrats launch Senate battle for expanded voting rights

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Democrats are renewing their efforts to muscle through the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, setting up a fight with Republicans that could bring partisan tensions to a climax in the evenly split Senate and become a defining issue for President Joe Biden.

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Yahoo News

US democracy on the brink: Republicans wage 'coordinated onslaught' on voting rights

Fueled by Trump’s election lies, Republicans have doubled down on a brazen effort to restrict rights – and more danger lies ahead The Republican effort comes at a moment when the US supreme court appears wholly uninterested in protecting voting rights. Illustration: Sébastien Thibault/The Guardian Sign up for the Guardian’s Fight to Vote newsletter Twenty twenty-one should have been a year to celebrate for LaTosha Brown. After decades of organiz…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

US democracy on the brink: Republicans wage 'coordinated onslaught' on voting rights

Twenty twenty-one should have been a year to celebrate for LaTosha Brown. After decades of organizing Black voters in Georgia, Brown and other organizers in Georgia broke through. Defying expectations, turnout among Black voters surged in US Senate runoff races, powering two Democrats to historic victories. It came two months after Georgia saw record turnout in its November election, helping Joe Biden become the first Democratic presidential...

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Democrats launch Senate battle for expanded voting rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are renewing their efforts to muscle through the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, setting up a fight with Republicans that could bring partisan tensions to a climax in the evenly split Senate and…

3 years ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Republicans’ refusal to restore the Voting Rights Act is telling

Voting rights used to be bipartisan.

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Los Angeles Times

Here are some of the voting restrictions pushed by Republicans in dozens of states

Debate on a federal voting rights bill comes as Republicans in dozens of states push legislation that would make it harder for many Americans to vote.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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