🗽Protect Democracy - October 28, 2024
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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 - October 28, 2024
As election workers face increasing hostility, we spent time with them on the ground
USA Today By Phillip M. Bailey, Mary Jo Pitzl, Trevor Hughes, Erik Pfantz, John Wisely, Deborah Berry
The part-time job is part of a nonpartisan effort called âElection Protection,ââ a national coalition of civil rights and voting rights groups whose workers take calls, track complaints and visit polling sites to address voter concerns.
Millions of teens will cast their first ballot. Here’s how they feel.
Washington Post By Karina Elwood, Susan Svrluga, Hannah Natanson
Some high school seniors and college freshmen — among the 8 million newly eligible to vote this year, according to a Washington Post analysis of census data — will be casting ballots at the same time as they’re taking classes about voting rights, elections and democracy.
This Arizona border town shows one path to a Trump victory
Washington Post By Sabrina Rodriguez, Dan Keating
But liberal voting-rights groups have said the charges intimidated innocent voters and fueled baseless conspiracy theories.
New York Times Opinion
Somerville saw African American politicians swept into political office when Black voting rights seemed secure. Her son saw those politicians swept out again when Reconstruction collapsed, and the Southern states stripped Black Americans of the citizenship rights they had so briefly enjoyed.
Election fact check: Noncitizens can't vote, and instances are 'vanishingly rare'
ABC News By Peter Charalambous
"It amounts to a vanishingly rare phenomenon that is not going to impact the outcome of our elections in any real way, and where the people who actually are violating the law are held accountable," said Sean Morales-Doyle, a voting rights expert at the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonprofit think tank
Americans on the Election: God Forbid It Should Go to the Court!
The Prospect By Harold Meyerson
One such decision was , in which the Republicans signed on to a Roberts opinion striking down the key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which had allowed for federal oversight of election laws and processes in states and counties with histories of racial discrimination.
The big lie 2.0: Trump plan to subvert 2024 election more organized than ever
The Guardian By Sam Levine
“The effort to try to subvert the outcome is more thought-out, more strategic, more organized, more coordinated in 2020,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the voting rights program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Republicans are primed to support Trump’s efforts.
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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