Democrats search for a strategy to combat GOP voting laws – By Nicholas Riccardi (Associated Press) / May 13 2021
WASHINGTON — A small group of civil rights leaders gathered at Vice President Kamala Harris’ ceremonial office last week to discuss Republican-backed laws restricting voting in several states. Among the ideas floated were continuing political organizing against the proposals, recruiting more corporations to the fight and suing to block the laws.
But the conversation kept circling back to the most effective strategy, and possibly the most difficult: passing Democrats’ sweeping federal overhaul of elections, the For the People Act, commonly known as HR1.
“We strongly believe that HR1 is viable and essential if we’re going to move to address some of these concerning laws,” said Janet Murguia, executive director of the Latino group UNIDOS, who attended the meeting.
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