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'Old battles have become new again': Thousands march in Washington, DC, and across the US in push for voting-rights legislation

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'Old battles have become new again': Thousands march in Washington, DC, and across the US in push for voting-rights legislation

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8/28/21
Thousands of people on Saturday marched in the nation's capital to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington in 1963 - seeking to push Congress to pass federal voting-rights legislation to counter the raft of restrictive voting bills being implemented in states across the country. Organizers for the March On for Voting Rights, which in addition to Washington, DC, is taking place in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, and Phoenix, are using the event to call out voter suppression and push for fair elections. On the way to the National Mall, marchers advocated for lawmakers to pass voting-rights measures that have stalled in Congress - the For the People Act (H.R. 1) and the John Lewis Voting Advancement Act (H.R. 4). The House has passed the sweeping bill, but it has stalled in the Senate - Democrats need 60 votes to advance the legislation and Republicans have refused to sign on to H.R. 1, even filibustering the bill in June - fueled by opposition from former President Donald Trump, who has long propagated unsubstantiated claims of voting fraud.

The John Lewis Voting Act, named after the civil-rights icon and longtime Congressman who passed away last year, would notably restore federal pre-clearance requirements from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that were weakened in the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v. Holder. For decades, states and jurisdictions with histories of discrimination were required to obtain permission from the federal government before making voting changes or new legislative maps. The legislation, which passed the House in a 219-212 party-line vote on Tuesday, faces an uncertain future in the Senate. "Here we are, marching to do our own work. As long as a Supreme Court is hellbent on rolling back voter rights, Selma is now," she said. "As long as we have a Senate that is so entrenched with having a procedural vote called a filibuster and not restoring our voting rights, Selma is now." said Democrat Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama who represents Selma, Alabama in Congress.
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1) In 2013 the conservative Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote.
2) Donald Trump has falsely asserted (the Big Lie) that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
3) GOP state legislatures, especially in the deep south, have used the Big Lie assertion to enact new Jim Crow voting rules that suppress the votes of people of color.
4) New Federal laws are now necessary to restore and strengthen the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and nullify the new GOP Jim Crow voting legislation.
5) The For the People Act (H.R. 1) and the John Lewis Voting Advancement Act (H.R. 4) have passed in the Democrat majority House.
6) Republicans are now blocking passage of these bills in the Senate via the Senate filibuster, which itself is a vestige of the Jim Crow era.
6) In the 50/50 Senate, two Democrat Senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona, would rather protect the filibuster than protect the right of all Americans to vote.
 
It's essential to pass HR1. However, gathering in crowds during a pandemic is not a good idea.
 
For goodness' sake!

Those protesters just want an excuse to complain.

Everyone who wants to vote in this country can now do so.

There is no voter intimidation or suppression of any kind.

They just want to get some publicity from the liberal media -- and "donations" from big corporations.
 
Rogue Valley said:
'Old battles have become new again': Thousands march in Washington, DC, and across the US in push for voting-rights legislation

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1) In 2013 the conservative Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote.
2) Donald Trump has falsely asserted (the Big Lie) that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
3) GOP state legislatures, especially in the deep south, have used the Big Lie assertion to enact new Jim Crow voting rules that suppress the votes of people of color.
4) New Federal laws are now necessary to restore and strengthen the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and nullify the new GOP Jim Crow voting legislation.
5) The For the People Act (H.R. 1) and the John Lewis Voting Advancement Act (H.R. 4) have passed in the Democrat majority House.
6) Republicans are now blocking passage of these bills in the Senate via the Senate filibuster, which itself is a vestige of the Jim Crow era.
6) In the 50/50 Senate, two Democrat Senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona, would rather protect the filibuster than protect the right of all Americans to vote.
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Even if the Dems find a way to bring Manchin and Sinema to their side, this legislation will never survive the courtroom.

It is unconstitutional.
 
Mycroft said:
Even if the Dems find a way to bring Manchin and Sinema to their side, this legislation will never survive the courtroom.

It is unconstitutional.
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But the Supreme Court -- terrified of being packed -- may kneel to the Dems.
 
Rapacious predatory Leftists are playing vile games that threaten to destroy American democracy. These are fools who rush in where wise men fear to tread.

Central control over America's diverse election processes would enable rigging of votes on a massive scale.

The Left always want to centralize control over everything, being the greedy power-mongers that they are.

The Democrat Party are just a bunch of White Gerontocrats recklessly wielding power while presiding over large mobs of people who don't even look like them.

They know they're riding the tiger. They're like a bunch of Robespierres.

Eventually, the White Gerontocrats will be unseated from power over the Democratic Party, and it will go to full mob rule.
 
TheParser said:
For goodness' sake!

Those protesters just want an excuse to complain.

Everyone who wants to vote in this country can now do so.

There is no voter intimidation or suppression of any kind.

They just want to get some publicity from the liberal media -- and "donations" from big corporations.
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There is nobody trying to take anyone's voting rights away from them... This is just another divisive ploy devised by foot-stomping Democrats because they don't have the senate votes to pass a couple of election bills.
 
The far right's attacks against the Republic are and will continue to fail.
 
Helix said:
It's essential to pass HR1. However, gathering in crowds during a pandemic is not a good idea.
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It's ok for democrats to gather in mass, they did it all last summer as democrat controlled cities burned.
Voting rights acts are a joke. They aren't about protecting the right to vote they are about abusing the privelege of haveing a democracy. No registration, no ID, vote whenever you want, as many times as you like, in any district you want. That's the real goal of the left. Nobody who was interested in true democracy and protecting election integrity would have a problem with voter registration nor presenting ID to vote. The only possible reason to be against those is to cheat.
 
Watch, you conservatives, and you will learn about what are known unknowns.
 
trixare4kids said:
There is nobody trying to take anyone's voting rights away from them... This is just another divisive ploy devised by foot-stomping Democrats because they don't have the senate votes to pass a couple of election bills.
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These laws are being passed to fix a nonexistent problem. Charges of voter fraud only seem to come up when Republicans lose elections.

Redirect Notice

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Helix said:
It's essential to pass HR1. However, gathering in crowds during a pandemic is not a good idea.
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I agree, but there are some things that are just more important than Covid. None of it will matter much if republicans get their way. We'll be permanently under minority rule. That's not democracy.

This issue is equally or more important than the issues surrounding George Floyd. This is the American's number one issue and time is running out. We don't have the luxury of waiting for Covid to disappear.
 
TheParser said:
For goodness' sake!

Those protesters just want an excuse to complain.

Everyone who wants to vote in this country can now do so.

There is no voter intimidation or suppression of any kind.

They just want to get some publicity from the liberal media -- and "donations" from big corporations.
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There are I believe 23 new laws on the books in republican states with hundreds more in waiting. I would suggest you read them closely.

My question is this. Why now? Why not last year or the year before that? It's clear to me that republicans got spooked by the last presidential election. I could understand some of this if election fraud was ever shown to have happened beyond a few cases here and there. So far, no one has done that.

It's real clear to me that when Black folks come out in force, republicans lose. So the read between the lines goal of all these new bills is to find ways to suppress the black vote. It's just history repeating itself from 60-70 years ago.
 
Integrityrespec said:
It's ok for democrats to gather in mass, they did it all last summer as democrat controlled cities burned.
Voting rights acts are a joke. They aren't about protecting the right to vote they are about abusing the privelege of haveing a democracy. No registration, no ID, vote whenever you want, as many times as you like, in any district you want. That's the real goal of the left. Nobody who was interested in true democracy and protecting election integrity would have a problem with voter registration nor presenting ID to vote. The only possible reason to be against those is to cheat.
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Don't gather in crowds during a pandemic. I have repeated this many times on this site.
 
trixare4kids said:
There is nobody trying to take anyone's voting rights away from them... This is just another divisive ploy devised by foot-stomping Democrats because they don't have the senate votes to pass a couple of election bills.
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Ever ask your self why we don't have the votes to pass the bill? From an era where the Jim Crow laws created the filibuster with one thing in mind at the time. To fight voting rights.

I can see some value in the filibuster. But our right to vote trumps all other things political.
 
The AntiDonald said:
I agree, but there are some things that are just more important than Covid. None of it will matter much if republicans get their way. We'll be permanently under minority rule. That's not democracy.

This issue is equally or more important than the issues surrounding George Floyd. This is the American's number one issue and time is running out. We don't have the luxury of waiting for Covid to disappear.
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I'm not willing to die for that bill. If the Democrats are unwilling to save themselves, me getting COVID while yelling at them in the street probably won't change that. It's up to their leadership to make it happen.
 
I can't believe we're having to fight voter suppression yet again.
 
CaughtInThe said:
I can't believe we're having to fight voter suppression yet again.
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when did it go away? ALEC has been pushing voter suppression for 30 years. Who knows how many more ways they have sitting in their arsenal?

I believe GW Bush was a voter suppression president .............. I cannot believe people voted for GW much less Rump.
 
Razoo said:
when did it go away? ALEC has been pushing voter suppression for 30 years. Who knows how many more ways they have sitting in their arsenal?

I believe GW Bush was a voter suppression president .............. I cannot believe people voted for GW much less Rump.
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www.aei.org

US Supreme Court strikes down key component of Voting Rights Act | AEI

In a momentous 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court Tuesday invalidated a major provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in states with a history of discriminatory practices. The justices concluded that section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act was no...
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These two bills if passed are designed to meet SCOTUS' arguments about voters' protections.
 
TheParser said:
But the Supreme Court -- terrified of being packed -- may kneel to the Dems.
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It's always hilarious to listening to non-lawyers who always pump out the most idiotic hyperpartisan crap play lawyer and pretend it's worth something.
 
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