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The GOP proof of citizenship bill that passed the House remains stuck in the Senate. And now Texas — often a testing ground for right-wing legislation — is the latest to reject a state-level version of the bill.
In a press release, ALEC announced an anti-voter push with a new task force to focus on passing a new slate of state-level voter suppression bills.
Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium.
President Donald Trump and the GOP have launched a new offensive in their long-running war on voting.
President Trump fired the head of the Library of Congress — which is part of the legislative branch — and the top official at the U.S. Copyright Office.
Texas voters could encounter concealed guns at the polls starting this year.
“What’s happening is simple,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. “Some people don’t want some people to vote.”
At least 24 states have introduced legislation to expand proof of citizenship requirements.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy.
Michigan officials have become the latest Democratic figures to publicly slam the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a nationwide proof of citizenship bill that could disenfranchise millions of voters.
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