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 du