I’m pleased that House Democrats, aided by a single,solitary Republican, passed the Voting Rights Enhancement Act. It updates the Voting Rights Act to restore it to its former state, before SCROTUS (Republican Anti-Constitutional VD) allowed the Republican Party to disenfranchise millions of Black, Latino, and other minority voters
On Friday, House Democrats passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore and expand the protections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court’s Republican majority gutted in 2013. The bill passed 228-187 with all 227 Democrats and Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick voting in favor while the other 186 Republicans and Republican-turned-independent Rep. Justin Amash voted against the bill.
The new legislation would establish a new formula to determine which states and localities must “preclear” any proposed changes to election laws and procedures with the Justice Department. The previous preclearance regime, which was struck down in 2013, applied to states and localities—largely in the South—with a history of racial discrimination in their voting laws.
Under the new setup, any state where officials have committed at least 15 voting rights violations over a 25-year period would be required to obtain preclearance for 10 years. If the state itself, rather than localities within the state, is responsible for the violations, it would take only 10 violations to place it under preclearance. In addition, any particular locality could individually be subjected to preclearance if it commits at least three violations.
Based on this formula, the VRAA would put 11 states back under preclearance: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. While most of these states are still in the South (and also under Republican control), the list also includes the two largest Democratic-leaning states in the country, California and New York…
Inserted from <Daily Kos>
Note that the bill is fair, as it targets areas where there has been some Democratic abuse, in addition to all the areas of extreme Republican abuse today.
Trump immediately threatened to veto it.
Trump WH Threatens To Veto Restored Voting Rights Act
Trump will never get the chance to veto it. Bought Butch Moscow Mitch knows that Republicans cannot win fair elections, so they have to make sure there are no more.
In 2020, we need to keep the House, win the White House, win the Senate, and nuke the Filibastards to make this law!
RESIST!!
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This is really good news, so glad to see that it’s passed.
I concur w/your last sentence too, Tom. Well said !!
No surprise that tRump wants to veto this. He, like too many Rethuglicans, believes in voting rights only as long as they are strictly for straight, white, wealthy, fundamentalist males.
Well, it can join the other 299 or however many there are – I know Nancy mentioned a figure well over 200 at her presser, I just don’t remember the exact figure – on the bitch desk. They may possibly save some drafting time in 2021 and 2022, assuming we can keep the House and take the Senate in 2020.
The house is very proud of this bill, and I among thoe many who are proud of the House for passing it. And it may have to be on hold, but we will not forget.
Yes, wonderful! As soon as I heard it, and smiled a warm smile, I realized that it had to go to McDirtbag’s chamber. Hopefully, it’s languishing without a vote, or being killed in the senate will motivate some otherwise complacent people to vote the bastards out!
Great news Now just keeping tRump from vetoing it, would make me even happier.
Sick to hear about all of the bills that is sitting on mItch the bItch’s desk. What the heck are these idiots doing to deserve their pay??? They deserve lumps of coal instead. Besides being kicked out of office.
Thanks TomCat
The passing f the bill in the House is wonderfull news; ending up in the huge pile under Mitch McConnell’s posterior not so much. The Founding Fathers thought up many rules to keep a government in check, but they, unfortunately, couldn’t imagine a Senate doing anything but collect bills not to vote on, so apparently there’s no rule to hold the Senate accountable for not working at all.
It would be better if the Voting Rights Advancement Act was voted on even if it was voted down by Republicans in the Senate. At least then the people will get what Republicans stand for brought to their attention. Without this vote, it will soon be forgotten and that is exactly what the GOP wants. And I think they’d rather had Trump shut his mouth about it instead of drawing attention to it with his veto threat. But then Trump is in desperate need of drawing attention to anything else but his imminent impeachment, isn’t he?
Thanks and Ellipsoid Orb Hugs to all.