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Florida House passes bill creating election police force
The Republican-controlled Florida House on Wednesday night passed a voting overhaul bill that would create a new security office to investigate election crimes and increase penalties for violating the state's elections laws.
[ cnn.com ]Changes in new Texas law angers voters
As early voting kicks off in Texas for US congressional seats, CNN's Dianne Gallagher speaks to voters who are seeing their mail-in ballot applications rejected as a result of the state's new laws.
[ cnn.com ]The most surprising moments from LBJ's secretly recorded calls
Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the most consequential US presidents, responsible for passing some of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern history, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
[ cnn.com ]Hit by realities of 50-50 Senate, Democrats turn focus to bipartisanship
Democrats on Capitol Hill are pivoting away from talking about what was once was a cornerstone of their agenda -- the Build Back Better Act -- to focusing on a batch of smaller, bipartisan proposals that they hope can show voters that even a 50-50 Senate can work.
[ cnn.com ]CNN Poll: Americans' votes in 2022 may come down to two things
Voters begin the midterm year primarily focused on economic issues, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS in January and February. The survey also showed that Democrats are suffering an early deficit in enthusiasm about voting, a dynamic that could be compounded by voters' concerns over the economy.
[ cnn.com ]Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map that critics say dilutes power of Black voters stay in place
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
[ cnn.com ]Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN
Former President Donald Trump's advisers drafted two versions of an executive order to seize voting machines -- one directing the Department of Defense to do so and another the Department of Homeland Security -- as part of a broader effort to undermine the 2020 election results, multiple sources tell CNN.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How to stop insurrection 2.0
Out of the ashes of Democrats' failed effort to set a national voting rights standard may come a targeted bipartisan bill to ward against insurrection 2.0.
[ cnn.com ]An Arizona bill would empower state legislators to reject election results
Republican lawmakers in Arizona are pushing a raft of major changes to the state's voting laws, including a controversial bill that would empower legislators to reject election results.
[ cnn.com ]Reporter calls Trump WH draft executive order 'fictional thriller'
CNN's Tom Foreman examines a draft executive order that was unsigned by former President Donald Trump that would've directed the Pentagon to seize voting machines in key states and hunt for evidence of fraud.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How much trouble is Kyrsten Sinema really in?
Over the weekend, the Arizona Democratic Party voted to formally censure one of its own -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema -- after she opposed changing the filibuster rules to allow major voting rights legislation to pass the Senate with just 50 votes.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: This is the worst answer Joe Biden gave at his press conference
• Fact-checking six claims from Biden's news conference • As voting rights legislation failed in Senate, Republicans applauded • Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural county reverberate through Georgia • Voting rights fight shifts back to statehouses
[ cnn.com ]Manchin warns against partisan division as Democrats push change in filibuster rules
Senate Republicans once again blocked a voting rights bill put forward by Democrats in the latest partisan showdown over an issue Democrats are urgently seeking to spotlight despite lacking the votes to pass the legislation ahead of the midterm elections just months away.
[ cnn.com ]Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural Georgia county reverberate through a battleground state
Election officials in a rural Georgia county are weighing plans to close all but one polling place ahead of this year's elections, alarming local voting and civil rights groups.
[ cnn.com ]Two long-serving Democratic congressmen announce they won't seek reelection in 2022
• Analysis: Manchin and Sinema hand Senate Republicans a veto • Schumer starts debate on voting legislation, says 'eyes of the nation' are on the Senate • Stevie Wonder tells senators the 'filibuster doesn't work ... why won't you?'
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How Republicans are driving the national agenda, even though Democrats hold unified control of government
Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are approving a wave of new voting restrictions on virtually party-line votes that require only a simple majority to pass. The US Supreme Court has likewise decided the key voting rights rulings that helped trigger this surge of state legislation on a party-line, majority-vote basis over the past decade.
[ cnn.com ]A push for voting rights is expected to crash in the Senate, with potentially humiliating implications for Biden's presidency
Democrats appear certain to add another failure to their list of missed deadlines and thwarted legacy goals this week, with a push for voting rights bills expected to crash in the Senate with humiliating implications for Joe Biden's presidency.
[ cnn.com ]An Arizona Trump rally and a voting rights march underscore the fight for democracy
Two events -- a Trump rally and a voting rights march -- in the same state on the same day this Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend encapsulated a nation at odds with itself about the future of its democracy.
[ cnn.com ]Trump supporters praise Sinema's voting rights stance
Two events -- a Trump rally and a voting rights march -- in the same state on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend encapsulated a nation at odds with itself about the future of its democracy. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports.
[ cnn.com ]MLK's eldest son: We want legislation, not celebration
When our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born in 2008, her voting rights were more secure than they are today, on the holiday to commemorate her grandfather Martin Luther King Jr.'s 93rd birthday.
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