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Particular are the last line of defense for democracy. given the way the republicans are implementing and introducing these restrictive voting measures. and again, the way that congress is failing to pass anything on a federal level. so i don't think this is something actually going to see slowdown. i think you're going to see a number of democratic candidates, not just gubernatorial candidates by other statewide candidates trying to get into this lane and propose their own state level issues because of what's happening or not happening on the hill. >> it's been decades since the average ameri...

Redistricting and maps discriminating against black and latino voters. >> the complaint we file today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or bridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a majority group. >> this is the second federal lawsuit that the biden administration filed against texas this year. the doj also challenged restrictive voting measures in texas including banning 24-hour and drive-through voting, making it tougher to vote by mail and empowering partisan poll watchers. so mak...

Breaking out into the country. the justice department suing texas today saying the gop redistricting and maps december criminate against black and latino voters. >> the complaint we file today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or bridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a majority group. >> this is the second federal lawsuit that the biden administration filed against texas this year. the doj also challenged restrictive voting measures in texas including ban 24-hour and drive-through ...

Over the last number of years really. >> you're aware that the gop-led states across the country are working hard to pass restrictive voting measures. several states already have. won't these sorts of laws and the gop efforts to hold on to power really blunt any momentum for a third party? >> what's interesting is the one state that has already adopted open primaries and ranked choice voting is alaska, which is a deep red state. it turns out that americans of every political alignment think that our system will work better if our leaders have to try and appeal to 51% of voters instead of just ...

Gop led state ace cross the country are working hard to pass voting measures. several states already have. won't these sorts of laws and the gop efforts to hold on to power blunt any momentum for a third party? >> the one state that's already adopted open primaries and rank choice voting is alaska, a deep red state. it turns out that americans of every political alignment think our system will work better if our lead verse to appeal to 351% of voters instead of just the 10% to 20% on either side. so this isn't a red or blue thing, this is a systemic thing, and that's why we all feel like we're...