Democrats are headed to Texas to probe suspected voter suppression
WASHINGTON -- Democrats trying to restore a landmark voting rights law are going on offense in Texas next week — where Republican election officials are engaged in an effort to stamp out what they call a widespread problem of voter fraud.
Ohio Democrat Marcia Fudge, who chairs a Congressional panel on elections, will host representatives from the NAACP and the Texas Civil Rights Project in Brownsville Monday to begin compiling an official record of states’ attempts to suppress voting. Rep. Marc Veasey will attend along with other Texas Democrats.
“In 2019, laws that are intended to purposely discriminate, hinder, and prohibit the right of Americans to vote are more prevalent than ever,” Veasey said. “The purpose of this event is to spark voter engagement, teach our children about our country’s history of voter suppression and about civil rights history in Brownsville that many aren’t aware of. These kinds of events will encourage the next generation to get registered so they can have a voice in the direction of this country.”
Fudge’s committee has hearings planned in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio and North Dakota aimed at gathering evidence to support repairing and reauthorizing the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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