Lawmakers in Corporate Pay-for-Play Network Push Bills Aimed at Intimidating Voters of Color
May 20, 2021 - 9:09am Republican state legislators, including dozens tied to the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are pushing to loosen restrictions on poll watching, which has historically been aimed at preventing Black Americans from voting. These poll watching initiatives are part of a broader movement to suppress voting in the wake of a presidential election and violent insurrection that didn't achieve what these lawmakers wanted. The Republican Party's use of poll watching as an intimidation tactic has a particularly notorious history, and was essentially pr...
Source: prwatch.org