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Of section two as well. since those decisions, there has been a dramatic increase in legislative enactments that make it harder for millions of eligible voters to vote and elect representatives of their own choosing. those enactments range from practices and procedures that make voting more difficult, to redistricting maps drawn to disadvantage both mine orts and citizens of opposing political parties. to abnormal post election audits that put the integrity of the voting process at risk. to chan...

Subsequent decisions have substantially narrowed the reach of section 2 as well. since those decisions, theres been a dramatic increase in legislative enactments that make it harder for millions of eligible voters to vote and represent those of those own choosing. that ranges from practices and procedures that make voting more difficult to redistricting maps drawn to disadvantage minorities and citizens of opposing political parties to abnormal post election audits that put the integrity of the ...

Increase in legislative enactments that make it harder for millions of eligible voters to vote and to elect representatives of their own choosing. those enactments range from practices and procedures that make voting more difficult to redistricting maps drawn to disadvantage both minorities and citizens of opposing political parties, to abnormal postelection audits that put the integrity of the voting process at risk, to changes in voting administration meant to diminish the authority of locally...

Transpired was not simply an assault on democracy, it was an attack on multiracial america, the atlantic points out which is younger than most members of the senate. while many like to trace american democracy back to 1776, thats not exactly true. the real day democracy in america was born was august 6th, 1965. thats when president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act outlawing discrimination in our countrys voting process. thats the democracy that trump and his supporters were after on j...

Saying hell mention it while on capitol hill tomorrow morning. >> kaitlan collins, thanks. lets bring in our panel. scott jennings, i want to play an excerpt from minority leader mitch mcconnell pushing back on democrats who want to change senate rules for election reform, including making sure that state legislatures cant interfere in the voting process. take a listen. >> they assume that people who get elected to the legislatures are idiots. why would any legislator, any legislature in ameri...

Story in history. >> trump alleged that 3 million people had voted illegally in 2016. >> you have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals. >> youre now president of the united states. when you say -- >> of course, i want the voting process to be legitimate. >> what im asking, when you say in your opinion millions of illegal votes, that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election. what you have presented so far has been debun...

Theyre using lies and conjecture to actually change the voting process. so rand paul and peter navarro might say stupid things, but that doesnt mean we shouldnt take them seriously. because heres the scary thing. maybe the peter navarros and rand pauls of the world are saying the quiet part out loud because they think they can get away with it. leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. he was an impeachment manager for the second trump impeachment....

Is worse in the problem. -- to bypass the 60 vote threshold that fosters more obstruction the bipartisan system. that is more -- making it hard to vote, and installing partisans. putting their threat on the scale. last year, 19 states enacted 34 laws that restrict voiding and altering the voting process. hundreds more were produced. more coming this year. in terms of violence and intimidation from trump supporters, have force dedicated election workers to quit. with the maga -- lining to pick up...

Laws there. there were people in the streets or protests are calling for the heads of elected officials who dared to change the voting process in the state. to make it harder for seniors and african americans and others to vote. i think speaking to that in contextualizing that more broadly is going to be an important first step here. right now the, democrat narrative is all wrapped up in a policy debates. that is outside of what people are really concerned about. the whole thing with manchin ove...

Lot of younger voters. thats a healthy number. almost 4% point. women up 5.1%. i will say ryan, we heard attacks from both sides about the voting process and yet one thing we know if we look at the numbers, the voter participation was way up in 2020 and trumps own person says this was the safest and most secure election in american history. >> even if you look at the discrepancy between different ratio groups, that could be explained by the fact that white voters are just a lot older and they vo...