The Trump administration has once again asked the Supreme Court to lift a block on rules that voting rights experts warn could lead to mass disenfranchisement. Jackie Alemany, in for Nicolle Wallace, is joined by Votebeat’s Dion Nissenbaum, Barbara McQuade and Lauren Leader.
Republicans are taking desperate measures to suppress the vote ahead of the midterms. Mo Elleithee joins the conversation as officials in one of Texas’ largest counties are slashing nearly 30% of polling locations ahead of the November elections.
Tarrant Country, Texas has cut 30% of its polling sites, which then sparked protests in opposition of the move. Meanwhile, MS NOW has shifted the Texas Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton from "lean GOP" to a "toss up." MS NOW Reporter Jake Traylor is in Fort Worth, Texas with more details. Hofstra University Law Professor James Sample, Democratic strategist Basil Smikle and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Katy Tur with their analysis.
Charles Blow on plan to cut TX polling sites ahead of the midterms: "They are clearly trying to suppress the vote".
Kristen Clarke, NAACP General Counsel and former assistant AG for the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, explains how Trump’s DOJ is actively working to “deter people from voting.”
Democratic voter enthusiasm is surging, but state Democratic Party Chairs who spoke with MS NOW's Chris Jansing say they are working every day - not just on campaign strategy, but on building voter protection infrastructure to guard against potential election meddling. Former Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath, who's also the founder of Democratic Majority Action PAC, tells Jansing the concern is valid as she sees the Trump administration "laying the groundwork, shall we say, to justify the use of the National Guard or our military around polling places to intimidate people.“
ChatGPT By Dave Ball The political left has developed a remarkably simple response to almost every proposed election safeguard: Call it voter suppression.
The ballot paper shortage left at least 90 polling stations with people unable to cast their June 3 ballots
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries deflected direct questions about thousands of noncitizen voter registrations in New Jersey, instead turning his fire on President Trump and the GOP, even as a fellow Democrat conceded the problem was real. CNN anchor Dana Bash put the question plainly on "State of the Union" this Sunday: Democrats have spent […] The post Jeffries dodges on New Jersey's noncitizen voter registrations, pivots to attacking Republicans appeared first on American Almanac .
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries deflected direct questions about thousands of noncitizen voter registrations in New Jersey, instead turning his fire on President Trump and the GOP, even as a fellow Democrat conceded the problem was real. CNN anchor Dana Bash put the question plainly on "State of the Union" this Sunday: Democrats have spent years insisting noncitizen voting does not happen. New Jersey just disclosed that roughly 6,600 noncitizens wound up on the state's voter rolls through a software error, and that fewer than 400 of them cast ballots. So is it a problem? Jeffries did not say yes. He did not say no. He said he has "confidence in state and local authorities" and called the New Jersey situation a "modest or minor"…Open