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IcyPeas

(21,856 posts)
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 04:53 AM Mar 2021

Mark E. Elias tweet: States I am monitoring for new voter suppression laws:

and some of the governors will be more than happy to suppress more voters. Abbott, deSantis, Gianforte, etc.

States I am monitoring for new voter suppression laws:
🗳️Arizona
🗳️Iowa (lawsuit filed)
🗳️Florida
🗳️Georgia (lawsuit filed)
🗳️Montana
🗳️New Hampshire
🗳️Texas
Expect the GOP to pass more bad voting laws.
Expect more litigation to protect the right to vote.
It is only March 2021.



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Mark E. Elias tweet: States I am monitoring for new voter suppression laws: (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP
WOW . .. . Iliyah Mar 2021 #1
How about Michigan... MiHale Mar 2021 #2
It is a shame that everyone must fight so hard just to vote within the United States. UCmeNdc Mar 2021 #3
Pa. already changed one law. gab13by13 Mar 2021 #4

MiHale

(9,713 posts)
2. How about Michigan...
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 07:12 AM
Mar 2021

Sleazy ass republicans trying here also.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/03/24/michigan-senate-gop-election-reform-laws/6963314002/

From article...

Michigan Republican senators joined a national push Wednesday seeking new election regulations and restrictions, following a conservative movement calling for changes despite no evidence of widespread voting fraud or misconduct associated with the 2020 election.

While GOP leaders say the bills will make it easier to vote and harder to cheat, Democrats and other opponents argue the proposals will restrict voting and are premised on lies perpetuated by former president Donald Trump and his supporters.

The proposals drawing the most ire would introduce new identification requirements for requesting absentee ballots, prohibit the secretary of state from making absentee ballot applications available online, ban clerks from supplying prepaid return postage for absentee ballots, bar clerks from counting absentee ballots in the weeks leading up to the election and impose new requirements for ballot drop boxes.


UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
3. It is a shame that everyone must fight so hard just to vote within the United States.
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 07:35 AM
Mar 2021

It is a GOP fascist power grab.

gab13by13

(21,283 posts)
4. Pa. already changed one law.
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 07:41 AM
Mar 2021

In Pa. you have to renew whether you want a mail in ballot sent to you every year. Well, I got my request for a mail in ballot and this year I had to provide my driver's license number.

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