Due to the inability of congressional Democrats to kill the filibuster, Republicans have once against successfully managed to kill the voting rights bill, the Freedom to Vote Act, in the US Senate. Despite knowing that the GOP would destroy the bill in Senate, Democrats relied on them and did not focus on eliminating the filibuster. … Read more
The battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans is intensifying as Democratic lawmakers have fled the state to hinder Republicans’ efforts of passing the voter suppression bill. As Democratic House Representatives blocked Republicans’ bids, Texas Republicans are exploring every option to make the sufferings difficult for them. This is the second time that the Democratic lawmakers … Read more
Democrats are out of options now for the moment in their pursuit of voting rights. In a time when Republicans are continuously proposing new restrictions in the election laws using their powers given to them by the Supreme Court in the ruling of the Shelby County vs. Holder, Democrats are just watching the show. But … Read more
The shrinking lead of Republicans in Texas in the 2020 presidential elections has motivated Texas Republicans to take sweeping voter suppression measures in the state. As the US Supreme Court endorsed Republicans’ efforts of voter suppression recently, it has motivated Republicans to extend their struggles in Texas as well. Under Republicans’ assault is Harris County, … Read more
The United States Supreme Court, believing in the tenet of conservatism, has started backing Republican efforts to promote voter suppression. The US Supreme Court gave Republicans the leeway of their voter suppression agenda in Arizona, violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that cements the denial of racial voter profiling. On the one hand, the … Read more
“This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted, and that every voter has access to accurate information.” (US Attorney General Merrick Garland) The state of Georgia has become an epicenter of Republican voter suppression efforts in … Read more
Electronic poll books have often been advocated as the easiest and fastest way of checking voters’ credentials before allowing them to vote. However, the credibility of e-poll books has been questioned, considering various discrepancies they bring to the process. This is true that it digitalizes the process of voters’ confirmation, where poll workers can easily … Read more
The talks about voter suppression by the Republicans have become a new norm in the post-Trump era. This Republican bias is primarily driven against communities of color, where senseless laws, including long lines, oppressive voter ID rules, and closures of early voting, are setting poor precedence of racial apathy in the United States. In these … Read more
Among the things having no stoppage, Republicans’ voter suppression seems to be the top one. After cementing their regressive agenda of voter suppression in states like Georgia and Iowa, this time, Texas Republicans are in an effort to sideline the deserving voters in the state. With the introduction of the new bill, i.e., Senate Bill … Read more
In these testing times of voter suppression when Black Americans are facing the wrath of the Republicans’ regressive election legislation, Biden’s soft style to respond to Republicans depicts a pressing state of affairs. Despite a score of Republicans’ attempts to disenfranchise Black American voters, Biden is unable to make a swift strategy that can give … Read more
In a bid to tackle the devastation perpetrated by the contagious coronavirus, the strategy of the Biden administration to introduce a vaccine passport seems an ambitious plan. The vaccine denial groups are on a roll to motivate people not to get vaccinated, so a vaccine passport will bring the vaccine denials to justice. The vaccine … Read more
In between the trying times, when thousands of Americans were already struggling to vote in one way or another, Georgia passed a voting law that would restrict Georgian’s right to vote. Without any legislative discussion, the Georgian Republican Governor Brian Kemp has signed a law, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, behind closed doors. The … Read more
The United States has suffered for a long time from Republicans‘ ever-lasting voter suppression strategies that they pursued for ages. From putting roadblocks in the voter registration process to curbing the constitutional right of early voting, Republicans sought out-of-the-box strategies to cut down the voter turnout in every possible way. The signing of the HR … Read more
Donald Trump might have lost all the election lawsuits of voter fraud, but the struggle for Republicans to sabotage voting efforts in the United States seems to have no end. Instead of focusing on their flawed policies, inept candidates, and retrospection, Republicans are more tilted towards suppressing the efforts to vote once again in several … Read more
Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat winning Texas back in the 1976 presidential elections. Since then, it has emerged as a stronghold of Republicans, just like Georgia, which eventually turned blue through decades of hard work and activism. The political activism in the United States has entered a new phase in the previous election campaigns, … Read more
Voter suppression is a long-practiced strategy of the Republicans to win the elections by unfair means. The same is the case in Georgia runoff elections, as Georgia voter suppression is peaking as the Senate runoffs come near. This Republican strategy revolves around stopping the people on election day, disenfranchisement of the Black voters, and speaking … Read more
