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As Texas Lawmakers Attack Voting Rights, GOP Official Aims to 'Build an Army' of Poll Watchers
A woman hands out "I voted" stickers to voters at the Rummel Creek Elementary polling place on November 6, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Photo: Loren Elliott/Getty Images)
Georgia Hit With Pair of Lawsuits Over Sweeping Voter Suppression Law
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Demonstrators protest outside of the Georgia Capitol building against GOP voter suppression efforts on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)
"The Georgia NAACP will continue to fight until every voter is able to freely and confidently participate in democracy," vowed the state president.
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'Jim Crow in the 21st Century': Biden Rebukes Georgia's New Voter Suppression Law
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
President Joe Biden speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a listening session with Georgia Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders at Emory University in Atlanta on March 19, 2021. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)
"This law, like so many others being pursued by Republicans in statehouses...
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'Vicious Attack on Voting Rights': Georgia Governor Signs GOP Suppression Bill
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, speaks during a runoff election night party at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead on January 5, 2021. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
"This is why federal voting rights legislation is necessary."
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), speaks during a news conference to announce the introduction of S. 1, the For the People Act, in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
After Introduction of For the People Act, Senate Dems Told to 'End the Filibuster and Pass' It
Demonstrators stand outside of the Georgia Capitol building to oppose HB 531, a recently passed bill that seeks to add voting restrictions to the state's upcoming elections including restricting ballot drop boxes, requiring an ID requirement for absentee voting, and limiting weekend early voting days, on March 3, 2021 in Atlanta. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)
Analysis Details How Bill in Congress Could Stop GOP Voter Suppression Nationwide
People gather during the Count Every Vote Rally at Independence Hall on November 7, 2020 in Philadelphia. (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for MoveOn)
'They Run on Shrinking the Vote': Tens of Millions Threatened by GOP Attack on Voting
A Rolling Rebellion protest in Seattle on February 25, 2015. (Photo: Backbone Campaign/flickr/cc)
Indivisible Launches For The People Project to 'Unrig Our Democracy and Make it Work for All'
A demonstrator seen holding a sign during protest in Manhattan on November 19, 2020.
Blaring Quiet Part Out Loud, GOP Lawyer Admits Easier Voting Puts Republicans at 'Competitive Disadvantage'
Republican state legislators in Georgia are pursuing election reforms that critics warn will limit ballot access. (Photo: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
After Series of Democratic Victories, Rights Advocates Blast Georgia GOP for 'Brazenly Trying to Silence Voters'
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during Martin Luther King Day celebration at National Action Network headquarters in New York on January 18, 2021. (Photo: Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Senate Democrats Prove 'Democracy Reform Is a Top Priority' by Putting 'For the People Act' First
People vote at St. Frances de Chantal Church on November 3, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
'Long Awaited and Long Overdue Victory for Democracy' as New York Approves Automatic Voter Registration
People gather at the Michigan state capitol for a so-called "Stop the Steal" rally in support of outgoing President Donald Trump on November 14, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
Due to 'Credible Threats of Violence,' Michigan Capitol Shuttered as Electoral College Meets to Confirm Biden Victory
Long lines plagued many primary and general elections in 2020, as here in Atlanta, Georgia on June 9, 2020. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
Civil Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Planned Closure of More Than Half of Early Runoff Voting Sites in Key Georgia County
Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, walks out of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse after a status hearing July 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Recently Pardoned Flynn Shares Call for Trump to Declare Martial Law and Make Military Oversee New Election
Protesters outside the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 13, 2020 let President Donald Trump know what they think of him. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
Yet Another Legal Loss for Trump as Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds No Fault With Philly Observer Placement

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