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U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh Republican-backed voting restrictions By Andrew Chung FILE PHOTO: A woman walks to cast her ballot at the register of voters during early voting in Phoenix, Arizona (Reuters) – Fresh off an election in which former President Donald Trump made false claims of fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to ponder the legality of a restriction on early voting in Arizona that his fellow Republicans argued was needed to combat fraud. The Republican-backed la...

Desis in the house.jpg Democracy was under siege in the last four years as the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to free and fair elections, human rights and the rule of law. The divisive politics that polarized our country climaxed in the appalling spectacle of an enraged mob invading the Capitol to reclaim a ‘stolen election’, followed by the deaths of five people in the riot, and a group of lawmakers refusing ratify the electoral college results. And yet, despite the chaos over t...

NORWALK, Conn. — Two online events that might interest you: League’s annual meet and greet is Sunday, on Zoom Haskell holds forum on Open Choice program LVW online A League of Women Voters of Norwalk flier. Myrna Pérez, director of the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program, will star at the League of Women Voters of Norwalk annual meet and greet, to be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, on Zoom. “Making our Democracy Safe and Secure” is the theme of Pérez’ presentat...

Newly elected Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, seen here outside his Washington office, is the sponsor of legislation that would help reform the electoral system and fortify the countrys democratic institutions. (Image via Warnocks Twitter page.) Though the 2020 presidential election was called "the most secure in American history" by cybersecurity experts and certified by all 50 states, Republican officials continue to spread false claims of corruption, including the lie that widespread vo...

In wake of 2020 election, state GOP lawmakers aim to change election laws By Adam Brewster, Caitlin Huey-Burns January 25, 2021 / 6:00 AM / CBS News Republicans push for voter restrictions Since Novembers election, Republican Pennsylvania state Representative Jim Gregory has been inundated with calls from constituents angry about the results and his previous support for legislation that expanded absentee voting. He found one call so troubling that law enforcement had t...

ADVERTISEMENT Democrats and voting rights advocates counter that the proposals are thinly veiled attempts to restrict access to the polls.  “In the last 10 years, we have seen some politicians try to enact changes to the rules of the game so that some people can participate and some people can’t,” said Myrna Pérez, director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. “Rather than competing for voters, there are some politicians that instead would prefer...

Biden transition spokesperson Jamal Brown told The Hill that the former vice president “will work to enact the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act when in office." The bill prevent state legislatures from unilaterally making changes to voting procedures, which they’ve been able to do since the 2013 ruling. In states where voting rights activists were successful in boosting the turnout of voters of color, proposals already exist to have sweeping roll backs of expanded voting rights that many sta...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Many are using debunked claims of election fraud as justification for changes. • 19 min read What’s at stake in Georgia Senate runoffs The Jan. 5 runoffs will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate and will be key to the early success of Joe Biden’s presidency.Bloomberg via Getty Images After the presidents and his allies’ failed attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in c...

Texas Doubles Time on Voter Fraud Cases With Few Results Attorney General Ken Paxton and his team spent more than 22,000 staff hours on voter fraud cases this year but only ended up resolving 16 of them, all of which were due to false addresses. Taylor Goldenstein, Houston Chronicle   |   December 22, 2020   |  Analysis (TNS) — The Texas Attorney Generals office spent nearly twice as much time working on voter fraud cases this year as it ...

Ken Paxtons beefed-up 2020 voter fraud unit closed 16 minor cases, all in Harris County FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this June 28, 2020 file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waits on the flight line for the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence at Love Field in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)Tony Gutierrez, STF / Associated Press The Texas attorney general’s office spent nearly twice as much time working on voter fraud cases this year as it did in 2018 — logging more than 2...