Political Quotes

“The Attorney General cited problematic actions of the Governor's chief elections official, including purging from the voter rolls suspected noncitizens--a move that eventually was blocked after outright opposition from county election supervisors. So in light of this evidence and following a widespread public outcry, what do we do now? As we say, it may not be as obvious as poll tactics and all the other blockades to voting, as we have seen in the past, particularly by all of the marches and so forth during the 1970s civil rights era. It might not be as obvious, but there are all these subtle attempts. So what do we do? I submit that though the problem is complex, the answer is relatively simple. As Americans who cherish the right to vote, we must turn to those schemers and say: There is a promise of democracy that we will not allow you to break. We have an obligation to keep this promise of democracy for our children. Congress may be dysfunctional, but we must continue to push lawmakers for a fix to the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court struck down on a 5-to-4 vote, a key provision. We ought to be making it easier to vote, not harder. I believe no one should have to wait more than one- half hour to vote. So I joined with others a few years ago to introduce a bill in Congress aimed at making that standard 30-minute wait time based on the January 2014 recommendation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration.…”