Voter Suppression

Watch – Chuck Schumer: State Voting Laws ‘One of the Greatest Threats We Have to Modern Democracy in America’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) likened basic election integrity measures embraced by several states, such as voter ID, to the era of Jim Crow and accused the GOP of attempting to suppress voters. He made the remarks during Wednesday’s Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing on S 1, or the “For the People Act,” which critics warn will strip power from the states and federalize U.S. elections.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a hearing before Senate Rules and Administration Committee at Russell Senate Office Building March 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing to examine S.1, The For The People Act. …

Kobach: Mazie Hirono’s Bizarre Line of Questioning Turns to Voting Laws

Many Senate Democrats are determined to use the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings as an opportunity to campaign on a litany of progressive talking points in anticipation of the November 3 election.  But the winner of the prize for asking strange questions out of left field has to be Senator Mazie Hirono (D) from Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) prepares her remarks with an aide during a break after Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2020 …