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Plans. that the voting section of the civil rights division will be reviewing all of these plans. thats why we doubled the size of the voting section. >> martha: all right. were keeping a close eye on this. welcome to "the story." im martha maccallum. today for parents across the country who have been speaking up at their school board meetings and might have been unnerved by the memo that came from the department of justice about cracking down on any threats as they see them or perceive them to ...

Infrastructure. i include myself in that. that creates an opening for these bad faith actors to really try to reshape democracy, if you can call it that at the local level. because if donald trump cannot get local canvassers and clerks to bend to his will and find the idea of the 2020 election is a fraud the next best thing is to get people who will bend to his will the next time around. as one michigan democrat put it, "these conspiracy theorists are in it for the long haul. theyre in it to com...

Neon Nettle - House Democrats Pass Election Stealing Bill to Federalize Voting Process - No Republicans voted for the Dems HR 4 legislation as it passes House

Election, just over the national average. this is cause for celebration. but then in march of 2021, georgias legislature passed sb-202. many of that laws provisions make it harder for people to vote. the complaint alleges that the straighten acted those restrictions with the purpose of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color. in a few moments, assistance attorney general clark will talk in more detail about this case. the united states versus georgia. i want to thank t...

The Department of Justice is doubling the number of lawyers in its Civil Rights Division with the aim ...

The U.S. Senate voted 51-48 on May 25 to confirm Kristen Clarke to head the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division. She will lead a Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the DOJ that has become less a race-neutral enforcer of civil rights laws and more a government wing of progressive organizations. A bill currently before Congress would give that politicized division sweeping powers over North Carolina’s elections. Christopher Coates, a former American Civil Liberties Union lawy...

I want to give Christian Adams Power Lines last word on Kristen Clarkes fitness to head the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division. Christian, after all, has had the misfortune of dealing with Clarke (I have not). And Christians assessment of Clarke encompasses the issue of voting -- something I did not discuss in my many posts about her. Here is some of what Christian has to say about Clarke: Clarke

Themselves for 22 months. im a former justice department attorney in the voting section of civil rights division and we take that protection of evidence of voting records very, very seriously. well have to see what the doj does about this. meanwhile, i have never seen a circumstance where some third party, some inexperienced third party in this case, out of state firm, has actually seized ballots from election officials who are required under law to protect them. and theyve been moving them back...

Toggle open close   H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, would give liberal bureaucrats in the Department of Justice (DOJ) the power to veto changes of polling place locations, voter ID and registration requirements, and the boundary lines in redistricting in every single state. It would also change legal standards to make it almost impossible for states to defend themselves against meritless litigation. Supreme Court Ruling in Shelby County v. Holder H.R. 4 is intended to o...

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