Pushing for gun reform in Northeast Ohio: The 2 avenues activists on opposite sides of the aisle are pursuing
Gun reform advocates are calling on gun owners for support, but some gun owners believe more enforcement of current laws is what will bring change. Author: Marisa Saenz Updated: 12:35 AM EDT April 25, 2021
AKRON, Ohio Following more mass shootings in the Midwest and around the country, Northeast Ohioans continue to press legislators on gun reform, but gun rights activists believe enforcing laws that we already have needs to happen first.
Speaking out against gun violence continues to echo across Northeast Ohio. No more blood must be spilt, no more tears must be shed, Cody Cross with March for Our Lives said Saturday.
Democratic State Legislatures Seek to Expand Voting in the South
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signs a bill while surrounded by its sponsors during a bill signing event at the Center for African American Heritage on April 9, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Republican lawmakers nationwide have introduced a record number of bills this year to limit access to the ballot and give the GOP an advantage in future elections 361 voter suppression bills in all, according to data from the Brennan Center for Justice. Many of these bills have been introduced in Southern states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. The proposals would among other things implement stricter voter ID requirements, limit absentee voting, make voter registration more difficult, and allow aggressive voter roll purges.
EDITORIAL: Reforms should make voting easier, period
York Dispatch Editorial Board
The November election was free and fair.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, problems with the U.S. Postal Service and implementation of a new law to allow all Pennsylvanians to vote by mail if they wanted to, the election was the most secure one ever, and the outcome is not in doubt.
Could the election have been run more smoothly? Of course. Are there changes that could improve the system? Absolutely.
Will the hearings that the House State Government Committee concluded last week bring about the reform that is actually needed in the election code? Who knows?
Indiana Legislature ends on high note after struggles Follow Us
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By TOM DAVIES - Associated Press - Friday, April 23, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican lawmakers set up a constitutional challenge to Indiana GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb over his office’s emergency powers a week before wrapping up this year’s regular legislative session.
Days later, the governor and legislative leaders stood together announcing a budget deal that won nearly unanimous support in the session’s final votes Thursday.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly’s 2021 session opened in early January amid wariness about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on state finances and with many conservative lawmakers itching to attack what they regarded as Holcomb’s overreach with COVID-19 executive orders that restricted businesses and mandated face masks.
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