Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), a former voting rights attorney, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act […]
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Disinformation Is ‘Biggest Election Security Issue That We Face’
Amber McReynolds, a member of the USPS Board of Governors who helped election officials expand mail-in voting during the pandemic, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss […]
Continue readingGOP Election Misinformation Scheme Violates Federal Law: Voting Rights Attorney
Marc Elias, voting rights attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Americans can't rely on the courts to defend voting rights against Republican infringement indefinitely, […]
Continue readingChris Hayes: Breaking The Legitimacy Of Our Elections Breaks Everything Else
“We have seen the Republican Party wage their assault on democracy in many ways,” says Chris Hayes. “But ultimately, what democracies rest on is legitimacy […]
Continue readingBeto: Feels Like Democrats ‘Blindly Seeking Some Kind Of Compromise’ With GOP
Fmr. Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke says Republicans are “dragging down democracy” with their efforts to make it harder to cast a ballot in future elections. […]
Continue readingAl Franken On Voting Rights Bill: ‘It’d Be Mitch McConnell Who Ended Our Democracy’
On the filibuster and the Senate voting rights bill, Former Sen. Al Franken tells Joy Reid, 'This is about our democracy. If we lose this […]
Continue readingMarc Elias: Only One Way To Deal With ‘Avalanche Of Voter Suppression’
Democracy Docket founder and voting rights attorney, Marc Elias, discusses how to deal with the mounting number of voter suppression laws being enacted across the […]
Continue readingVoting rights hot topic as states propose restrictive election laws | USA TODAY
Voting laws and voter suppression is front and center again as Congress debates the For the People Act. RELATED: Voting rights and the For the […]
Continue reading‘Democracy Itself Is At Stake’ In Fight For Voting Rights: Katie Hobbs
Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss what’s next in the fight for voting rights […]
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