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Texas Removes Over One Million People From Voter Rolls, Critics Say It May Be Violating Voting Rights Act

Texas has removed over one million people from their voter rolls in an alleged attempt to ensure more fair elections. …

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Attorney General Garland Vows Actions To Protect Voting Rights

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that his Department of Justice (DOJ) will take series of actions to protect voting…

3 years ago

Democrats In Congress Push To Ratify Equal Rights Amendment In The Constitution

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) are pushing to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the…

1 year ago

Rep. Jasmine Crockett On Gun Control, LGBT Rights & Abortion Politics

https://youtu.be/lF-ttbpb5L4 Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), a freshman member of Congress who represents a Dallas district, is fast becoming a rising…

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Michigan Election Board’s GOP Members Block Constitutional Amendment To Grant Abortion Rights

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers failed to come to a consensus on whether or not to include an abortion…

2 years ago

House Democrats Pass Contraception Rights Bill

The House passed a bill on Thursday that federally protects access to contraception as a preemptive measure following the Supreme…

2 years ago

Biden Supports Change To Senate Filibuster Rules To Restore Abortion Rights

President Joe Biden voiced his support for changing Senate filibuster rules to codify abortion and privacy rights following the Supreme…

2 years ago

Liberal Activists Press Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s Donors To Boycott Her

An LGBTQ activist group is pressing the Human Rights Campaign to withdraw financial support for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) until…

3 years ago

Bipartisan Group Of Senators Looks To Reform Electoral Count Act

The Democrats' voting rights bill was blocked in the Senate earlier this week, but there is still hope that some…

3 years ago

Senate Won’t Change Filibuster Rules To Pass Voting Rights

The Senate Republicans along with Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) upheld the Senate filibuster rules…

3 years ago

Biden To Meet With Senate Democrats About Voting Rights Bill

President Joe Biden met with the Senate Democrats on Thursday to urge voting rights legislation and amendment to the current…

3 years ago

Stacey Abrams Advocates For Voting Rights After Launching Bid For Governor

Stacey Abrams, widely renowned for her work during the 2020 election in drastically expanding voter turnout, had begun a second…

3 years ago

Impatience Grows With Democrats’ Progress On Voting Rights Bills

The Biden administration is seeking to expand voting rights, but the legislative progress on the issue has been slow, to…

3 years ago

Biden Says He’s Open To Altering Voting Filibuster For Voting Rights – And More

President Joe Biden has said that he would be open to altering the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The president…

3 years ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs GOP Voting Restriction Bill

On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) signed an election bill that adds more voting restrictions on the state's citizens, three…

3 years ago

House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Bill With No GOP Votes

On Tuesday, the House approved the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, tossing the bill to the Senate, where…

3 years ago

Texas Democrats Pressure Moderate Democratic Senators To Push For Voting Reform

Texas Democrats, who fled their own state on Monday in an attempt to stop restrictive GOP voting bills, are in…

3 years ago

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two voting bills passed by the Arizona Republicans that could make it harder for…

3 years ago

Sen. Krysten Sinema Defends Filibuster Of Democrats Voting Rights Bill

Sen. Krysten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is defending the 60-vote legislative filibuster of the For the People Act. Sinema wrote in a…

3 years ago

Justice Department Sues Georgia Over State’s New Voting Restrictions

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgia over its new…

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