Georgia voting rights activists pressure big corporations to oppose GOP-backed ballot restrictions
Voting rights activists in Georgia have put pressure on some of the state’s largest corporations—including Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Home Depot, and UPS—to condemn recently passed bills which restrict access to the ballot box and stop donating to Republican lawmakers who support them. These efforts have produced mixed results thus far, with corporations issuing general statements in support of fair and secure elections, without specifically criticizing Republican-passed election bills. Visit CNBC to learn more. Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest voting bloc in the
Texas GOP launches avalanche of bills to curtail voting
Republican lawmakers in Texas have introduced over two dozen bills which would limit voters’ access to the ballot box. These bills include eliminating drive-thru early voting, limiting early voting hours, shrinking the time period when mail-in ballots can be returned, and penalizing local election officials for not purging voters quickly enough. As has happened in several other states in the wake of Democratic victories in the 2020 election, these bills have been introduced in the name of preventing voter fraud, though there is no
Kentucky Election Reform Effort Gets Bipartisan Backing
Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have shown support for an election reform bill that both expands voter access and shores up election integrity. The bill provides for three days of early voting access and allows people to fix signatures if they signed their mail-in ballot incorrectly while also banning ballot harvesting and making it easier to remove people who have moved out of Kentucky from the state’s voter rolls, among other provisions. Kentucky, which had some of the most restrictive election laws before
Iowa governor signs Republican bill restricting voting access into law
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a Republican-backed bill into law which limits and restricts Iowans’ access to the ballot box. The law shortens the early voting period from 29 to 20 days, requires mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day, closes voting sites at 8pm rather than 9pm, bans election officials from sending absentee ballot request forms unless requested, and removes voters from active voting lists if they miss a single election and don’t report a change in address or register as
Push to oust judge over absentee vote ruling sparks outcry
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are trying to remove a state judge from the bench for expanding absentee voting in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Republican lawmakers charge that Ellen Hobbes Lyle’s decision requiring Tennessee to offer widespread absentee voting during the pandemic, a decision which was later reversed by the state Supreme Court, violated her constitutional authority. The Tennessee Bar Association and Democratic lawmakers have condemned the effort as a violation of judicial independence and a further assault on voting rights.Visit AP News