john lewis voting rights act
Posted Jan 19, 2022, 7:54 pm
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
Legislation that would create new federal guidelines for mail-in and early voting and end partisan gerrymandering failed to overcome a filibuster from Republicans Wednesday night, despite a last-ditch attempt by Democrats to alter the Senate's rules to push through the legislation.... Read more»
Posted Jan 13, 2022, 10:08 am
Stanley Dunlap
/Georgia Recorder
President Joe Biden called for an end to the Senate filibuster during a visit to Atlanta’s Morehouse College campus, arguing Senate Democrats can push past GOP opposition now blocking major voting rights legislation.... Read more»
Posted Dec 22, 2021, 7:30 am
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
With less than a year before voters return to the ballot box for the 2022 midterms, Democrats are scrambling to revive legislation aimed at expanding voting rights that has stalled out in the Senate and unable to overcome filibusters imposed by Republicans.... Read more»
Posted Jun 14, 2021, 12:06 pm
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
The Department of Justice announced that it is doubling its enforcement attorneys who will work to protect voting rights, as Republicans in state legislatures introduce and pass restrictive voting laws, such as limiting ballot boxes and requiring voter identification.... Read more»