White House, Facing Voting Rights Defeats, Expands Investment
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Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking at Howard University on Thursday, was tapped this year to lead the administration’s efforts on voting rights. Credit.Pool photo by Al Drago
July 8, 2021
WASHINGTON Facing an onslaught of state-level ballot restrictions and gridlock in Congress over voting rights legislation, the White House detailed a multimillion-dollar plan on Thursday to register voters and fight voter suppression.
In a speech at Howard University, Vice President Kamala Harris said the Democratic National Committee would invest $25 million in voter outreach and litigation.
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Hillary Clinton called out the Republican-led crackdown on voting rights in an op-ed published Wednesday. In this image
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN
Hillary Clinton called out the Republican-led crackdown on voting rights and urged Americans to fight for access to the ballot box in an op-ed published Wednesday.
“We are witnessing a concerted attempt to destabilize the democratic process and delegitimize our multi-racial democracy, carried out in full view of the American people. As Democrats, it’s not enough to push back one law, one court case or even one election at a time. We need to fundamentally change the way we think about and fight back against this blatant, sweeping effort,” Clinton wrote in the op-ed, which published on Democracy Docket, the progressive platform founded by former Clinton campaign counsel Marc Elias.