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We have to focus on all of the senate. we have to focus on the 16 republican senators that actually voted for the reauthorization of the voting rights bill. what has happened since that time, to this time that they would cower in the face of a big lie that has taken root in this country. we have got to hold them to account. >> secretary griswold, this is about more than ballot access. republicans are also approving unfair district maps, seizing control of the election process, while recruiting trump loyalists to oversee elections. so talk to me about how all of these forces build on one anothe...

And texas and 16 other states and not know that this fragile democracy of ours is teetering on collapse if we do not stop this foolishness. >> meantime, in a column for the "washington post," former vice president mike pence accuses democrats of attempting a, quote, federal power grab over state elections. truth is the real power grab is coming from republicans at the state level, and it's not just ballot access. gop-led states have passed new laws to control the process of counting and certifying votes. republicans are also proving unfair district maps to dilute voters of color. "mother jones...

With results that could impact american elections for a decade. and like many things in 2022, it has become a partisan battle. the north carolina supreme court just said the state's plans to redraw district maps are unconstitutional. the maps drawn by republican lawmakers would have given the gop a sizable, by the way, advantage. and then in ohio, you have state republicans there trying again. the state supreme court shot down the gop plans to give republicans five extra seats. now, they're trying to push through a different version that would give republicans a 20-seat advantage. but despite ...

Comcast business. powering possibilities.™ ♪♪ sunrise over lower manhattan. it is 7:22 in the morning. the ohio redistricting commission could be held in contempt after it failed to deliver new district maps to the state supreme court. the court ordered the commission to submit new maps by friday following two previous proposals that were rejected as

How the ohio redistricting committee was struggling to redraw the state's legislative maps ahead of their may primaries. you see, the old ones weren't quite gerrymandered enough for ohio republicans, despite only 55% of ohio voters leaning republicans, their maps would have given republicans nearly 70% of the state's house and senate seats. so, the ohio supreme court was having none of that and sent the commission back to the drawing board, but here we are a month later, surely ohio republicans decided to be reasonable, right? no. and the commission has a monday deadline to implement new distr...