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For far too long, special interests, ultra-wealthy donors, and vote suppressors have dominated our politics and attempted to silence the voices of everyday Americans, especially in Black and Brown communities.
America's democracy is under attack as the MAGA agenda seeks to undermine our democratic institutions, erode the rule of law, and strip away the rights that ensure every voice is heard and every vote counts. Join us to champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.
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Protect Democracy - News Briefs
Iowa election officials sued by 4 naturalized citizens who say their right to vote was harmed
LA Times By Hannah Fingerhut
Rita Bettis Austen, ACLU of Iowa’s legal director, said Thursday that Pate is “spearheading an effort to disenfranchise Iowa U.S. citizens” when he should be protecting voting rights.
Inside Trump’s ominous plan to turn civil rights law against vulnerable Americans
Vox By Zack Beauchamp
Its attorneys launch hate crimes prosecutions, investigate discrimination in employment and housing, and sue states when their voting rules run afoul of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish
ABC News By Gisela Salomon
Voting rights groups worry AI models may deepen information disparities for Spanish-speaking voters, who are being heavily courted by Democrats and Republicans up and down the ballot.
The Supreme Court just carved an outrageous loophole into a major voting rights law.
Slate By Mark Joseph Stern
Congress enacted the statute in recognition of the obvious fact that these purges often caught up eligible voters, as well, creating confusion and threatening civil rights. … This doctrine counsels against judicial interference with voting laws shortly before an election to avoid voter confusion.
Women are voting - and it’s driving MAGA men mad
MSNBC By Ja'han Jones
Just this week, John McEntee, a former Trump campaign official and Project 2025 adviser, shared a video in which he openly suggests a repeal of women’s voting rights in order to have “male-only” voting.
Election means first test for changes to electoral vote process
Roll Call By Michael Macagnone
“The ECRA was designed to help avoid exactly some of that chaos that was created from ‘what if’ scenarios in 2020,” Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University who served as the White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights, said.
How election deniers took over Georgia’s election system
Mother Jones By Justin Glawe, Ari Berman
The rule did not spell out what a “reasonable inquiry” entailed, and voting rights advocates warned that it could be used as a pretext by GOP officials not to certify the results if a Democrat won Georgia. - November 1, 2024
People Power United’s Statement on Protecting Democracy
In response to recent MAGA shenanigans to suppress votes and stop voting rights bills like the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act from passing, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:
“America's democracy is under attack as the MAGA agenda seeks to undermine our democratic institutions, erode the rule of law, and strip away the rights that ensure every voice is heard and every vote counts. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.
People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil rights for all.
Join us to build People Power! Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.
Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests)
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