Biden is wrong to think Republicans will support voting rights

Republicans have made it very clear that they will suppress voting and make it easier to overturn elections. Biden is wrong to think Republicans will do anything to support voting rights.

Listening carefully again to Biden's answer on voting rights at #BidenTownHall I think it revealed his deepest instincts on the issue in three distinct ways. And all of them will likely be very discouraging to voting rights advocates.
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 22, 2021

Sigh. This is frustrating,

My friends on here, “why are you critical of the POTUS?”

3 reasons. He’s wrong on this and weed. And I can.

Ppl paid the ultimate cost for voting rights and the Dem caucus won’t do the bare minimum. It’s also more than JM and KS. We see y’all. https://t.co/mQ8USAWZ51
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) July 22, 2021

This @ElieNYC analysis of the futility of voting rights legislation without Supreme Court expansion is good and unsparing and correct, and this sentence made me audibly wince at how doomed we are https://t.co/CZcZIjW8pB pic.twitter.com/NJVQMSlQNs
— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) July 21, 2021

One day when Mitch McConnell kills the filibuster and a president is elected by voter suppression and state legislators picking the winner, I’m sure both sides will work super hard together to pass a voting rights bill because the rights of others is what the powerful care about. pic.twitter.com/sqUJzWW7fW
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 22, 2021

GOP is opposing real Voting Rights because it doesn’t want all of us voting; doesn’t want a public investigation of a white supremacist insurrection, but if we #EndTheFilibusterNow, a relic of segregation, there will be chaos? https://t.co/zuUfu22MMn
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) July 22, 2021

Biden saying he wants Republicans who "know better" to support voting rights legislation is the most unconvincing thing he's said tonight. There aren't 10 Republicans of that sort in the Senate. Not even close. https://t.co/l7ZE9sasyT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 22, 2021

They can’t out-organize this:https://t.co/qnrW4pRGSn
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 23, 2021

I don’t expect Republicans to accept the results if they lose the 2024 presidential election. The issue is how to prevent them from overturning elections. Organizing people to vote won’t solve this problem in red states.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 23, 2021

Would the Supreme Court undermine new voting legislation?

This is an excellent point. Based on what the court decided on Arizona, it’s reasonable to think the court would rule against any new laws that tried to restore voting rights. This is a bad situation and I am not optimistic that voting rights will ever be protected with the current court balance..

After #SCOTUS AZ ruling, "A lot of people woke up this morning recognizing there are two really big thresholds and maybe the second one is now bigger. No. 1 is: How do you pass this legislation? And second: How do you protect it from this current court?,” says @LevinsonJessica https://t.co/lq6MP93hh6
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 8, 2021

Next legal showdown if Ds end filibuster to pass HR 1: GOP AGs have signaled they would argue that even if "elections" clause in Constitution gives Congress authority to set the rules for House/Senate elections, "electors" clause denies them that authority for presidential races https://t.co/lq6MP93hh6
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 8, 2021

New: when Ds introduce updated #VotingRightsAct later this summer it likely will specifically counter #SCOTUS decision weakening the law. “W/out congressional action [the] decision will shape our efforts to protect the right to vote for at least the next decade,” @RepTerriSewell https://t.co/lq6MP93hh6
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 8, 2021

Terrible Republican election laws

They are afraid they can’t win a fair election. The worst things they are doing concerned how ballots will be counted and certified. They will make it possible for some legislatures to overturn the will of the voters.

As federal voting legislation falters, state Republicans push to exert new powers over elections https://t.co/b6o1KL9hP3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 24, 2021

The new R laws and the quick flexing of them described in @reidepstein’s article are the structural counterpart to individual actions, such as purging the Republican who cast a legally-mandated, ministerial vote to certify Michigan’s electoral votes. https://t.co/sFM9wvMsEn
— Jonathan Zittrain (@zittrain) June 19, 2021

Read @JRakove explaining why federal legislation to correct voting rights abuses by state legislatures is fully consistent with the intentions of the framers:https://t.co/lFFslyLGuD
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 19, 2021

NEW: Local election officials can now be removed or stripped of power under new voting laws implemented this year by Republican legislators in GA, AR, KS and under consideration in AZ.

Most of those ousted already are Black Democrats.
w/@NYTnickc https://t.co/jlY3mqayH6
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) June 19, 2021

Activists fight back as Juneteenth milestone is undercut by GOP discriminatory voting bills https://t.co/aGczMHIoVp
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 19, 2021

“A passionate base of voters and activists on both sides may be intensely dialed in on the issue, but a disengaged middle is baffled at the attention.” https://t.co/ITvO2jjeYD
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) June 19, 2021

weird that georgia republicans are using the new voting to do exactly what critics said georgia republicans would do https://t.co/8Ie1bQUXWp
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 19, 2021

it is very very clear where this is all headed and it feels like much of the nation’s political class is in denial about it https://t.co/2bHoTHLOLd
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 19, 2021

Extreme Texas voting law

Texas is enacting a terrible voting law that will suppress voting and make it easier to overturn an election.

Fact check: Here are 20 things Texas Republicans' elections bill would do https://t.co/0K0YTkTFBJ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 2, 2021

Note to media reporting on the new Texas election contest provisions. It does 2 things:

The election challenger is no longer required to show that fraudulent votes resulted in a win.
-AND-
It lowers the burden of proof to overturn an election.

They are BOTH new and important.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 30, 2021

The Texas Senate passed #SB7 at 6:09am, after an all night debate about a bill that says Texans can’t vote at night. The Texas House calendar makes #SB7 eligible for a vote at 450pm CST. After that it goes to the Governor for his signature.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 30, 2021

The Texas House of Representatives will take up a bill on Sunday that proposes what would be among the most far-reaching laws in Republicans’ nationwide drive to overhaul elections systems and limit voting. https://t.co/gzcx3FMmLo pic.twitter.com/S1bDV1Ci2E
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 30, 2021

texas republicans don’t want texans to vote, but if they do vote — and vote against texas republicans — they want to be able to say it doesn’t count https://t.co/H7Sj0q4oYH
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) May 30, 2021

.@JoeBiden called Texas Senate Bill 7 part of an assault on democracy, and he’s right: this is Jim Crow 2.0. Call your Republican senators and tell them to pass the For the People Act. If you live in Texas, call your state Representative and Senator to tell them you oppose #SB7. pic.twitter.com/cp2BewA9Ex
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) May 30, 2021

Thank you, @JoeBiden, for speaking out against Texas Republicans’ assault on our democracy.

SB7 weaponizes our election law to keep people out. We must defeat it. https://t.co/6LBkjn7rRn
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) May 29, 2021

How GOP voter suppression works in Texas:

-you can vote with gun permit but not student ID

-no online voter registration

-must be deputized to register voters

-voters under 65 can’t use fear of covid to vote by mail

-750 polling places closed since SCOTUS gutted VRA
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 29, 2021

The majority of Americans support voting rights

The Republicans are out of step with the country as a whole with their voter suppression bills.

Pew poll:

61% of Americans support automatically registering all eligible citizens to vote

70% support allowing people convicted of felonies to vote after serving their sentences

78% support making early, in-person voting available for at least two weeks prior to Election Day
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 23, 2021

Amazing poll on election fraud vs. voter suppression

The fraud issue is made up. Voter suppression by Republicans is real. This shows how big the divide is between the two parties. Unity will not be possible with splits like this where one side believes nonsense.

Which do you think is a bigger problem in US elections: voter fraud or voter suppression via Quinnipiac poll:

Democrats:
84% suppression
13% fraud

Republicans:
11% suppression
82% fraud
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 15, 2021

Voter suppression update 4/8/21

We can preserve the filibuster, or we can preserve the voting rights of people of color. But we can't do both. pic.twitter.com/TFvfe7vEKs
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 8, 2021

NEW: 47 states have introduced over 360 bills this year to make voting harder – that’s 109 more restrictive bills since we last reported on February 19.https://t.co/kln6VrqEtN
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) April 1, 2021

1. Texas already has the most restrictive voting laws in the nation

But with the state trending blue, Texas Republicans are pushing draconian new restrictions anyway

These politicians are backed by millions in corporate cash

Follow along if interestedhttps://t.co/rX5e4iByKb
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 31, 2021

A lot of Republicans have been arguing their "voting integrity" push won't have any real impact on turnout. But a close look at which states saw surges in turnout—and which didn't—shows exactly how much impact voting laws can have on who turns out.https://t.co/NBtHTueSdZ
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) March 30, 2021

The goal of this movement—to craft a narrower electorate likely to flip Congress and the White House—is not subtle. https://t.co/FdfufunMbv
— Slate (@Slate) March 29, 2021

At least 45 states have seen bills aimed at voter suppression. Here's why | Analysis https://t.co/KnJsrcFCfE
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 28, 2021

More GOP terribleness👇

"The new legislation across the country would systematically remove the checks that stood in Mr. Trump’s way, injecting new political influence over electors, county election boards and the certification process."https://t.co/P4wptM3Sf3
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) March 25, 2021

"The ultimate perversity is that Kemp is being forced to atone for initially telling the truth about the 2020 election. Having done this, the way back into the good graces of GOP voters is to escalate the GOP voter suppression project."https://t.co/L3Axfd4w9u
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) April 8, 2021

Georgia’s terrible election law

It restricts voting based on the big lie about voter fraud.

Opinion: Sorry, Republicans, Georgia’s new law makes voting harder — not better https://t.co/tGzvYVeqjs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 9, 2021

THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad.

Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: https://t.co/z5r44aN72p #gapol #SB202 1/13
— Esosa Osa (@Esosa_Osa) April 3, 2021

I wrote in my Georgia piece 8 days ago that 1. it wasn't clear that this provision would necessarily hurt Democrats electorally 2. the administration provision was the big one and 3. the intent and context mattered a lot. https://t.co/vlgJIRTczb
— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) April 3, 2021

One lesson Republicans could take from Georgia is when you create a bunch of new restrictions on voting that are opposed by pretty much everyone because Trump made up a bunch of lies about voter fraud bad stuff happens pic.twitter.com/pzrdfPMvdT
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 3, 2021

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1378126473505169409?s=11

"Go page by page through Georgia’s new voting law…The Republican legislature and governor have made a breathtaking assertion of partisan power in elections, making absentee voting harder and creating restrictions and complications…"https://t.co/NHCpInh0DK
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 2, 2021

Leading Georgia companies, sports teams condemn new state voting law https://t.co/0CGOZrocrR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 31, 2021

Delta and Coca-Cola reversed their stances on Georgia’s restrictive voting law, saying they wanted to be "crystal clear" that they opposed it. The reversal comes in the face of mounting outrage from activists and powerful Black executives. https://t.co/ZDDxMzrsVW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 31, 2021

"Disney, Netflix, Amazon Studios and NBCUniversal all either declined to comment or did not respond to The Times’ request for comment on Georgia’s elections overhaul" https://t.co/eLbZGcRrXK
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 31, 2021

“If the G.O.P. sees that no penalty is paid for voter suppression, surely that will encourage Republicans to do it wherever they can get away with it….Georgia is going to be the canary in the coal mine. And it’s a pretty damn big canary.”@LarrySabato https://t.co/0U0FNm2DgA
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) January 14, 2022

Voter suppression plans in Georgia

Republicans are unhappy that Democrats won both Senate races so they are trying to prevent future Democratic wins by employing voter suppression. Even some big companies know this is wrong.

Breaking: Georgia House passes 95 page GOP voter suppression bill allowing GOP takeover of state/county election boards, unlimited challenges to voter eligibility, restricting drop boxes & making it crime to give voters food & water in line
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 25, 2021

Backing down: Leading Georgia legislators plan to maintain Sunday voting and no-excuse absentee voting. https://t.co/P635ZBCLRQ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 19, 2021

BREAKING

The Metro Atlanta Chamber, which represents the state's biggest corporations, just released a new statement on legislative efforts to restrict voting.

The Chamber says legislation must "maximize voter participation, remove obstacles and maintain election integrity." pic.twitter.com/jolcdoeP6A
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 19, 2021

UPDATE: @CocaCola says they now OPPOSE the voter suppression bills in the Georgia legislature.

This is a big change from 24 hours ago, which is the last time I heard from themhttps://t.co/58Ql3X8CIA pic.twitter.com/9C7cwVmdvI
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 15, 2021

The Atlanta terrorist purchased his gun the same day he murdered 8 people. You cannot register and vote on the same day in Georgia.
— Deacon Blues (@DeaconBlues0) March 19, 2021

BREAKING: a new 93-page bill has been introduced in #Georgia. This omnibus voter suppression bill combines nearly every tactic to disfranchise Blk voters that we’ve seen to date. Advocates rec’d only 1 hour’s notice b4 the hearing. This is a hijacking of democracy in plain sight.
— Janai Nelson (@JNelsonLDF) March 17, 2021

UPDATE: @HomeDepot is trying its best to HAVE IT BOTH WAYS on Georgia's voter suppression bills.

The Georgia Chamber said it was "in opposition" to voting restrictions and @HomeDepot told the WashPost (and me) it was "aligned" w/that

So far so good.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 16, 2021

BREAKING

The voter suppression bills in the Georgia legislature appear to be hitting some roadblocks.

Republicans have abandoned their plan to end no excuse absentee voting.

Now, a key House committee hearing on what's left of the proposal has been abruptly canceled. pic.twitter.com/TJJKzgI3AC
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 15, 2021

New roadside billboards in Atlanta are urging Coca-Cola, Home Depot and other Georgia-based corporations to oppose voting restrictions proposed by Republican state lawmakers https://t.co/gm3i1tvHkV
— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2021

Here we go. https://t.co/XED0j7c4sn
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) March 14, 2021

Legislation introduced by Georgia Republicans would, among other effects:

• end no-excuse absentee voting
• move ballot drop boxes
• limit in-person early voting

Stacey Abrams calls it "a redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie." https://t.co/GxvvETS4WG
— Axios (@axios) March 14, 2021

More Republican voter suppression

Florida Senate elections committee just voted to ban all mail ballot drop boxes, which 1.5 million voters used in 2020. 66 of 67 county election supervisors opposed bill

All across country Republicans weaponizing Trump’s lies to make it harder to vote, even in states they won
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 10, 2021

Given no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Republicans have justified new voting restrictions by saying they're about addressing *perceptions* of problems.

The first few bills to move forward, though, tell a very different tale.https://t.co/DvRBpg61hx
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 9, 2021

Florida may ban drop boxes used for mail-in ballots https://t.co/u53D1OxdvA
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 10, 2021

Unlike most GOP restrictions on mail voting, this one targets a group of voters who backed Trump in 2020 https://t.co/7JYPEqC3h3
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 9, 2021

43 states are debating 200 different voter suppression bills right now.

Today alone, Iowa shortened early voting by a week, and the Georgia Senate passed a bill ending no-excuse absentee voting.

We must end the filibuster and pass HR1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) March 8, 2021

🚨NEW: If you don't see this as the biggest story of the day, then you don't understand what is about to happen to our democracy. The right-wing is organizing and spending millions to enact voter suppression laws.https://t.co/D3HehtzsJY
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) March 8, 2021

Not just the South. https://t.co/2GttldIsUx
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) March 8, 2021

Breaking: Republicans in Georgia Senate just voted to repeal no-excuse absentee voting, which 1.3 million voters used in November, including 450,000 Republicans

Georgia Republicans wrote mail voting law & defended until Dems & Black voters started using in large numbers
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 8, 2021