For Voting Rights Advocates, a 'Once in a Generation Moment' Looms |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=58670"><span class="small">Nicholas Fandos and Michael Wines, The New York Times</span></a> |
Monday, 15 March 2021 08:34 |
Nicholas Fandos and Michael Wines, The New York Times
For Voting Rights Advocates, a 'Once in a Generation Moment' Looms15 March 21
The federal voting bill, which passed in the House this month with only Democratic support, includes a landmark national expansion of voting rights, an end to partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts and new transparency requirements on the flood of dark money financing elections that would override the rash of new state laws. The energy in support for it radiates from well-financed veteran organizers to unpaid volunteers, many who were called to political activism after former President Donald J. Trump’s upset win in 2016. It is engaging Democrats in Washington and voting rights activists in crucial states from Georgia to Iowa to West Virginia to Arizona — some facing rollbacks in access to the ballot, some with senators who will play pivotal roles and some with both. |
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