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Particular are the last line of defense for democracy. given the way the republicans are implementing and introducing these restrictive voting measures. and again, the way that congress is failing to pass anything on a federal level. so i dont think this is something actually going to see slowdown. i think youre going to see a number of democratic candidates, not just gubernatorial candidates by other statewide candidates trying to get into this lane and propose their own state level issues beca...

Redistricting and maps discriminating against black and latino voters. >> the complaint we file today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or bridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a majority group. >> this is the second federal lawsuit that the biden administration filed against texas this year. the doj also challenged restrictive voting measures in texas including banning 24-hour and d...

Breaking out into the country. the justice department suing texas today saying the gop redistricting and maps december criminate against black and latino voters. >> the complaint we file today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or bridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a majority group. >> this is the second federal lawsuit that the biden administration filed against texas this year. t...

Over the last number of years really. >> youre aware that the gop-led states across the country are working hard to pass restrictive voting measures. several states already have. wont these sorts of laws and the gop efforts to hold on to power really blunt any momentum for a third party? >> whats interesting is the one state that has already adopted open primaries and ranked choice voting is alaska, which is a deep red state. it turns out that americans of every political alignment think that ou...

Gop led state ace cross the country are working hard to pass voting measures. several states already have. wont these sorts of laws and the gop efforts to hold on to power blunt any momentum for a third party? >> the one state thats already adopted open primaries and rank choice voting is alaska, a deep red state. it turns out that americans of every political alignment think our system will work better if our lead verse to appeal to 351% of voters instead of just the 10% to 20% on either side. ...

Restrictive voting measures? >> theres been great dissatisfaction among democrats especially the base and activists parts of the community with the biden white house for not moving as aggressively as they believe he should in trying to make sure that voting rights are not threatened consistently by states like texas and other states that have expressed disappointment with the 2020 election, and a plan has not been clearly laid out to make sure that these do not become law and, therefore, threate...

Themselves with disease and death in texas schools, to take away the kinds of voting measures that made it safe for people to vote in the midst of a pandemic and which were according to "the new york times" some of the most secure voting measures. an austin american states reporter said there was no fraud he had heard of from the measures that were band yesterday. how does that happen? >> this is why you need to have open elections that are free and fair. when we have gerrymandered districts whe...

Voting measures in the wake of the 2020 election, this would restore federal oversight over places, over states that have historically had issues with restricting voting for people of color quite frankly. the thing is, kirsten, where does this go? where does this go from here if anywhere? >> yeah. well, thats the problem. its going to almost definitely die in the senate because theres no way that theyre going to be able to overcome a filibuster. and this is sort of the tragedy of it. if you look...

Last four or five weeks have incessantly been covering it because it has a national domino effect as well. this rally in austin, it is coming as the texas democrats, as you know, left their state. they are trying to block restrictive voting measures, but republicans have certainly been hammering away at them for leaving, including during a congressional hearing this week. do you, julian, have any concerns of the optics of lawmakers fleeing texas? do you think it might dilute the concerns of vote...

>> that was part of then-president trumps infamous call with georgias secretary of state, pushing him to find conveniently the exact number of votes he needed to overturn joe bidens win. that has since spread far beyond georgia and has spurred hundreds of new voting restrictions, laws and proposals in some 47 states. i want to go now to nbcs garrett haake in atlanta and priscilla thompson in austin for us. garrett, bring us up to speed on this rare field hearing that senate democrats held there ...