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Republicans and their allies are laying the groundwork for weakening the crucial federal law that blocked many of their attempts to purge voter registration rolls on the eve of the 2024 election.
At a recent congressional hearing, both GOP witnesses urged Congress to consider changes to the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the landmark 1993 law aimed at increasing voter registration. Their proposals would bolster the NVRAs requirement for states to regularly remove voters from the rolls, while weakening the measures protections against voters being wrongly removed in other words, restricting access in both directions.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), who has sought to be a leader on voting issues in his party, this month urged Congress to take similar steps.
The NVRA is among the most important voting rights advances ever achieved by the federal government, credited with making it significantly easier for Americans of all backgrounds and political stripes to get on the rolls and stay there. Any successful effort to weaken the laws protections would be a major step backwards for access to the ballot.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-lays-groundwork-for-a-new-attack-on-federal-voter-protections/

Chasstev365
(5,813 posts)Mike 03
(18,659 posts)We are in truly serious trouble.
It pisses me off because I was one of those annoying Americans who wrote constantly to President Biden. I remember those first months, begging him to make voting rights his top priority, even more than COVID or stimulus checks. I wrote something melodramatic like, "Every mistake you might make will be forgiven if you secure voting rights, because what Republicans will do to this country if you don't secure these rights will ensure a Democrat never wins again." Even in early 2021 it was obvious what the GOP plan was to win going forward. Biden may not have been able to do anything because of Sinema and Manchin. Although Manchin's phony "centrism" was well known, I didn't foresee Sinema's treason.
This is why I don't think Republican politicians care whatsoever what their constituents think. They intend to (try to) construct an American in which they can't lose.