Pelle Svanslös
2021-02-28 20:34:44 UTC
Republican-led legislatures in dozens of states are moving to change
election laws in ways that could make it harder to vote.
Many proposals explicitly respond to the 2020 election: Lawmakers cite
public concerns about election security — concerns generated by
disinformation that then-President Donald Trump spread while trying to
overturn the election.
The Brennan Center, a nonprofit that tracks voting laws, says that 43
states — including key swing states — are considering 253 bills that
would raise barriers to voting, for example by reducing early voting
days or limiting access to voting by mail. Lawmakers in a different set
of 43 states have proposed expanding voter access, but Republicans have
prioritized new security requirements and shorter voting periods.
In Georgia, which President Biden won by nearly 12,000 votes,
legislators are considering multiple bills to restrict voting. The most
significant, House Bill 531, is before a committee chaired by Republican
Rep. Barry Fleming. He said Democrat Stacey Abrams campaigned to expand
voter access after losing a governor's race in 2018, and now Republicans
want their own changes. The bill is "an attempt to restore the
confidence of our public," he said, because "there has been controversy
regarding our election system."
That controversy had no basis in fact.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/970877930/why-republicans-are-moving-to-fix-elections-that-werent-broken?t=1614542858189
Yep. The Republicans continue pushing voting restriction laws which are
designed against turnouts like last year. Despite some of them
acknowledging the fact that there was no ballot rigging. It's just that
a high turnout favours Demmies.
How do you spell crook?
election laws in ways that could make it harder to vote.
Many proposals explicitly respond to the 2020 election: Lawmakers cite
public concerns about election security — concerns generated by
disinformation that then-President Donald Trump spread while trying to
overturn the election.
The Brennan Center, a nonprofit that tracks voting laws, says that 43
states — including key swing states — are considering 253 bills that
would raise barriers to voting, for example by reducing early voting
days or limiting access to voting by mail. Lawmakers in a different set
of 43 states have proposed expanding voter access, but Republicans have
prioritized new security requirements and shorter voting periods.
In Georgia, which President Biden won by nearly 12,000 votes,
legislators are considering multiple bills to restrict voting. The most
significant, House Bill 531, is before a committee chaired by Republican
Rep. Barry Fleming. He said Democrat Stacey Abrams campaigned to expand
voter access after losing a governor's race in 2018, and now Republicans
want their own changes. The bill is "an attempt to restore the
confidence of our public," he said, because "there has been controversy
regarding our election system."
That controversy had no basis in fact.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/970877930/why-republicans-are-moving-to-fix-elections-that-werent-broken?t=1614542858189
Yep. The Republicans continue pushing voting restriction laws which are
designed against turnouts like last year. Despite some of them
acknowledging the fact that there was no ballot rigging. It's just that
a high turnout favours Demmies.
How do you spell crook?
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"Cough cough"
-- Suzanne Lenglen
"Cough cough"
-- Suzanne Lenglen