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Holder weakened the Voting Rights Act, leading to a wave of voter suppression laws. At least 19 states, including Tennessee, passed voter ID laws and limited access to mail-in voting between 2020 ...
In the USA Today article, "Supreme Court Says States Can Remove Voters Who Skip Elections, ignore warnings", Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a counter statement, referencing past forms of voter suppression and stating the ruling "erects needless hurdles to voting of the kind Congress sought to eliminate." [133]
By February 1, 2021, eight bills that would reduce voting access had been introduced, [217] including House Bill 25 and Senate Bill 208, which would limit who can send absentee ballot applications to voters without an affirmative request; [225] House Bill 1924 and House Bill 335, which would expedite removal of deceased persons, the mentally ...
Election law expert Rick Hasen remarked that "this is gaslighting and it is dangerous in fanning flames that could lead to potential violence." [31] The Heritage Oversight Project produced videos for distribution on social media and conservative media outlets that made false or misleading claims about the extent of noncitizen voting registrations.
The Aug. 7 executive order brought lawsuits from immigration and civil rights groups, as well as the Justice Department, all of which alleged that it violated the 90-day quiet period mandated by ...
De Vries suggested the long waits could be considered “voter suppression.” “We need a 360-degree review,” said de Vries, who serves as chair of Hampton's Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Carol Anderson, an author and voting rights activist who teaches at Emory University, said, "One of the things about voter suppression is that it always looks innocuous, it always looks reasonable ...
Voter suppression are tactics used to discourage or prevent specific groups of people from voting or registering to vote. It is distinguished from political campaigning in that campaigning attempts to change likely voting behavior by changing the opinions of potential voters through persuasion and organization, activating otherwise inactive ...