Repug Voter Suppression & Gerrymander Thread

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In 2021 Alone, GOP Introduces 100+ Voter Suppression Bills in 28 States

"Democrats have a clear choice.

They can get rid of the filibuster to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act to stop GOP voter suppression, or

they can allow the GOP to undermine democracy for the next decade."

"Republicans are taking their assault on voting rights to the next level...

trying to accomplish through legislation what Trump couldn't with litigation."


Republicans across the country, Berman said, are

"weaponizing Trump's lies" about fraud in an attempt to roll back voting rights after last year's historic turnout and expansion of mail-in ballots.

"These proposals primarily seek to:

(1) limit mail voting access;

(2) impose stricter voter ID requirements;

(3) limit successful pro-voter registration policies; and

(4) enable more aggressive voter roll purges."

"These bills," the report argues, "are an unmistakable response to the unfounded and dangerous lies about fraud that followed the 2020 election."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/05/downright-scary-2021-alone-gop-introduces-100-voter-suppression-bills-28-states

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says

tighter restrictions on mail-in ballot procedures will deter voter fraud

Abbott has declared ‘election security’ an emergency legislative item,

but critics say it’s more about voter suppression than fraud. duh


https://www.dallasnews.com/news/poli...r-voter-fraud/