GOP War on Voting Leaves Voters with Disabilities as Collateral Damage
A wave of court rulings and legislative efforts, largely driven by the GOP, has eroded vital protections that voters with disabilities have long relied on.

A wave of court rulings and legislative efforts, largely driven by the GOP, has eroded vital protections that voters with disabilities have long relied on.
Hope is what we do when the odds are long and the options limited. It is the stubborn act of trying when despair feels easier.
The Texas GOP’s latest gerrymander explicitly targets key districts represented by Latino-elected Democrats, underscoring a strategy to court Latino voters while cutting off their electoral power.
Since Trump stepped back into the Oval Office, we have quickly developed a warped sense of what is acceptable conduct from government officials. It goes without saying: if Joe Biden’s director of national intelligence had made a similar claim about a Republican lawyer, it would have been treated as a scandal.
Democracy advocates fear that Rubio’s order, which ends the longstanding bipartisan support for promoting free and fair elections globally, will result in the United States only condemning electoral irregularities in countries ideologically opposed to the Trump administration.
And as I listened to Kurt Goldschmidt softly recall the dark and distant past the other day by the roadside in White Plains, it was important to realize that he has seen this — and where it can lead — before.
After only five months in office, Trump has transformed the Department of Justice into an instrument for voter suppression.
Justice Riggs is right. We should not have to fight for democracy. But the reality is that we must.
In an era when judges are often assessed by their commitment to democracy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands as a stalwart in the pro-democracy camp.
There are things every one of us can do in our daily lives to help ensure free and fair elections — and, in doing so, limit Trump’s power. Here is the list.
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