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Plans. that the voting section of the civil rights division will be reviewing all of these plans. that's why we doubled the size of the voting section. >> martha: all right. we're keeping a close eye on this. welcome to "the story." i'm martha maccallum. today for parents across the country who have been speaking up at their school board meetings and might have been unnerved by the memo that came from the department of justice about cracking down on any threats as they see them or perceive them to school board members, today we had merrick garland on the hot seat and questioned on these issues...

Infrastructure. i include myself in that. that creates an opening for these bad faith actors to really try to reshape democracy, if you can call it that at the local level. because if donald trump cannot get local canvassers and clerks to bend to his will and find the idea of the 2020 election is a fraud the next best thing is to get people who will bend to his will the next time around. as one michigan democrat put it, "these conspiracy theorists are in it for the long haul. they're in it to completely crumble our republic. and they're looking at these election administrator positions. they'r...

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Election, just over the national average. this is cause for celebration. but then in march of 2021, georgia's legislature passed sb-202. many of that laws provisions make it harder for people to vote. the complaint alleges that the straighten acted those restrictions with the purpose of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color. in a few moments, assistance attorney general clark will talk in more detail about this case. the united states versus georgia. i want to thank the staff of the civil rights divisions, voting section for the hard work on this matter and for the...

The Department of Justice is doubling the number of lawyers in its Civil Rights Division with the aim ...