Civil rights groups condemn SAVE Act

Swamp Log — The SAVE Act, Civil Rights Filibuster, and ‘What The F*ck Is Cloture?’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and former President Lyndon B. Johnson (Photos by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Matt sent a text this week discussing ideas for Swamp Log, suggesting: “You could do a piece titled, ‘What the fuck is cloture?’”When I started covering the Senate last year, I was introduced to the ubiquitous term: CLOTURE.A frantic Google search early in my first day on the…

Civil rights groups condemn SAVE Act

Alex Padilla and civil rights organizations are raising concerns over the proposed SAVE Act, warning it could make voting more difficult, particularly for those who rely on mail-in ballots.Speaking on the Senate floor, Padilla criticized a provision that would require voters to include a copy of their identification when submitting mail ballots, calling it unnecessary and burdensome.Report after report, study after study shows that voter fraud i…