Wow - on a Twitter forum listening to Marc Elias right now!!

[cilla4progress]

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVByymnaKB?s=20

Reflecting on voting rights bills!

And his dog is barking in the background. Cool!!

Only 529 people on the call! And you can ask questions!

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVByymnaKB?s=20

[lindysalsagal]

1. How the GOP Will Try To Subvert Our Elections By Marc Elias October 13, 2021

https://www.democracydocket.com/news/how-the-gop-will-try-to-subvert-our-elections/

We are one, maybe two, elections away from a constitutional crisis. More than a year ago — before Election Day — Donald Trump made clear that he would not accept the results of free and fair elections if he did not win. Too few people paid attention, discounting it as the ravings of a soon-to-be failed candidate. In the days following the November 2020 election, Trump and his allies executed a plan to subvert the election results. While they failed, Republicans learned from the experience and are prepared to try again. The future of our democracy rests on whether those committed to free and fair elections will prepare as well.

Immediately following the insurrection on January 6, Republican state legislatures began laying the groundwork for 2022 and 2024. They enacted new voter suppression laws optimized to disenfranchise Black, brown and young voters. They created false narratives of election irregularities and rallied their supporters around the Big Lie. Most recently, they began using their power in the redistricting process to ensure Republicans control the U.S. House over the next decade.

Meanwhile, Democratic efforts in the states have been more limited. Where they control state power, Democrats have not expanded voting rights at the same pace as Republicans have restricted them. New York still has many restrictive voting laws, including a ban on providing food and water to people waiting in line at the polls. Virginia requires an ID to vote in person and a witness signature to vote by mail. Colorado, which prides itself on its vote-by-mail law, rejected 29,000 mail-in ballots, two-thirds of which were from voters under the age of 35.

At the federal level, Democrats have proposed two pieces of significant voting rights legislation, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. Together they would rival the magnitude of the 1965 Civil Rights Act, yet neither has prospects for success as long as the Senate’s filibuster rule applies.

[cilla4progress]

2. Yes, exactly this -

this is what he is covering. Thrilling to hear him in real time! He's so clear in his vision - how he sees this.

"There is no bipartisanship in voting rights; there is no both sides with a firefighter and an arsonist." Paraphrasing.

Also calling out the media.

Also applauding Congressional Dems - says they are all onboard and there should be NO complaints v. them. Also Biden...

[lagomorph777]

3. SineManchin will block any serious protections.

We need to use all available tools: pork, bribes, Kompromat, whatever

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Elias should be invited to WhiteHouse to meet with

Biden, Schumer, and SineManchin.

[lagomorph777]

7. Good idea!

Do it half behind closed doors and half in front of cameras.

[lindysalsagal]

4. That was amazing! I signed up for the emails!

This is why I love DU.

[cilla4progress]

6. Cool!

Democracy Docket, then?



I wish there were more I could do (volunteer?) than just my paltry donation!

I am going to take his advice though and get more involved locally. I'm retiring from one position where I've needed to stay undercover with my politics here, so, step 1! Also signed up to monthly donate (again, paltry) to my local Dems. Gonna step it up and make sure my blue state STAYS blue!

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8. What is this, a solitication to join twitter? How are we to access...

the information on these links without joining twitter?
What am I missing, where is the link to the content the OP promises?

[cilla4progress]

9. Sorry -

Do you have a twitter login?

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10. No. I don't expect to need one on DU. I mean this is DU not twitter.

[cilla4progress]

11. You dont "need" one here,

But if you choose to partake in Mr. Elias' live call-in on Twitter you will have to have one, friend.

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12. And you have no way to post at least a few graphs of text...

like most of us do from a link that we post?

Tweets that open for reading have been posted here for years.

[cilla4progress]

13. No, sorry!

It was a conference call of some sort. Honestly, I had no idea to expect it! I donate to his organization, so I suppose that's why I was patched in! It just appeared whilst I was scrolling there.

Here's a link to his organization, Democracy Docket.

https://www.democracydocket.com/