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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuardian: US democracy on the brink: Republicans wage 'coordinated onslaught' on voting rights
This is such an important article. Please read/comment/recommend to others.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/24/democracy-under-attack-america-us-voting-rights-republicans
Seizing on Donald Trumps lies about fraud in the 2020 election, Republicans have launched a brazen attack on voting, part of an effort to entrench control over a rapidly changing electorate by changing the rules of democracy. As of mid-February, 253 bills were pending to restrict voting in 43 states. Many of those restrictions take direct aim at mail-in and early voting, the very policies that led to Novembers record turnout.
The fragility of democracy has been exposed at levels that I think even white America was blind to, said Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
Republicans have openly talked about their intentions. Everybody shouldnt be voting, John Kavanagh, a Republican in the Arizona state legislature, told CNN earlier this month. Quantity is important, but we have to look at the quality of votes, as well.
The fragility of democracy has been exposed at levels that I think even white America was blind to, said Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
Republicans have openly talked about their intentions. Everybody shouldnt be voting, John Kavanagh, a Republican in the Arizona state legislature, told CNN earlier this month. Quantity is important, but we have to look at the quality of votes, as well.
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Guardian: US democracy on the brink: Republicans wage 'coordinated onslaught' on voting rights (Original Post)
erronis
Mar 2021
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triron
(22,026 posts)1. And Manchin doesn't give a shit.
BComplex
(8,073 posts)3. Manchin, because he doesn't give a shit, is complicit.
And I'm pretty sick of him. We need MORE democratic senators to overcome the conservatives in our ranks.
triron
(22,026 posts)6. Without HR1 that becomes exponentially more difficult.
BComplex
(8,073 posts)9. Exactly! Plus it creates another generation of republican rule in this country
that, I'm afraid at this point, will mean the end of our democracy. The republicans have been on a steady trajectory toward fascism.
triron
(22,026 posts)10. Either Manchin doesn't care or is blind to this.
dickthegrouch
(3,184 posts)2. In that case quality of the candidates is also fair game /nt
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)4. we don't have to worry - rudy is on the job for the republican's
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)5. K&R!
Martin Eden
(12,880 posts)8. They don't appeal to voters, so they try to repeal voters
... under the guise of "protecting" the integrity of the vote.
What they're really trying to do, of course, is protect the whiteness of the vote.