State Rep. Park Cannon is escorted out of the Georgia Capitol Building by Georgia State Troopers on March 25, 2021. Cannon was asked to stop knocking on a door that lead to Gov. Brian Kemp's office while he was signing a sweeping overhaul of state elections behind closed doors. | Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via APWho can vote in the next election — and how easily — will depend on where Americans live more than at any point in recent decades.
The fracture between red states limiting voting access and blue states expanding it may deepen the partisan divide in an already divided nation. The actions are also likely to end up in the courts, leading to potentially years of debate over what is and what is not constitutional. They kept it up for the next few years. Within weeks of gaveling into each session, Democrats leveraged their majorities in both chambers to pass laws that expanded early and absentee voting and registered voters when they went to the DMV to get a driver’s license. This year, they’re also aiming to codify an executive order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that“We wanted to set the example of why it’s important to make it easier to vote,” Gianaris said.
Jean Ward, 76, who had her voting rights restored after having a felony record from when she was in her 30s, fills out her ballot on Nov. 3, 2020 in Richmond, Va. | James H Wallace/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP “My concern is if a state is going to buy into this false dichotomy and only going to look at election rules as barriers, they’re not going to see that the public needs to be assured that they can trust the results,” he said, adding that the legislative push could backfire if voters are wary. “If you don’t think the process works or is rigged, you’re not going to vote.”
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NOTICE THE HYPOCRISY OF ARI MELBER AND DELTA, HOW FAST THEY CHANGED THEIR TUNE WHEN THE 'WOKE' THREATENED TO BOYCOTT THEM IF THEY FAILED TO SAY THE GEORGIA BILL WAS SUPPRESSIVE
Vote by mail needs to be universal. It is so easy and completely safe. Don't let Republicans tell you differently. Living in a vote by mail state all these arguments and rules seem so nonsensical.
'Dear peasants, Keep pretending Democrats are the champions of 'Free and Fair' elections and, for God's sake, don't do any of your own research. - Wallstreet...er, I mean 'Politico'