Political Quotes

“on voting rights, now we are here on the precipice of a momentous debate here in the Senate. Last night, I began the process to consider voting rights legislation here on the floor of the Senate next week. The process I used will allow the Senate to consider S. 1 or compromise legislation that is currently being discussed. In either case, our goal remains crystal clear: protect the right to vote, strengthen our democracy, and put a stop to the tide of voter suppression flooding across our country. We will not consider legislation that does not achieve those objectives. The issue is too important. Republican State legislatures are conducting the most sweeping attack on the right to vote since the beginning of Jim Crow. What is their stated reason for vicious assaults on voting rights? They say it is election integrity But listen to these policies and tell me if you think they are about election integrity: Reducing polling hours and polling places. What does that have to do with election integrity? Mandating that every precinct, no matter how large or how small, have the same number of ballot drop boxes. What does that have to do with election integrity? It is saying urban areas should have less ability to vote than rural areas. No after-hours voting, no 24-hours voting, no drive-through voting. Requiring absentee ballots to be approved by a notary public. Making it a crime to give food and water to voters waiting in long lines at the polls.…”