Lawmakers in several Democratic-controlled states are advocating sweeping voter protections.
, a law that many Democrats and voting rights groups say is being stripped of its most important elements.
“A lot of our maps here are drawn behind closed doors, and there’s not a lot of input from the public that’s able to be given," she said."So this would do a lot to make these processes more transparent.”claimed the county council's map packed most Black voters into a single district. The state legislation would require jurisdictions in Maryland with a history of voter discrimination to have redistricting and election changes cleared by the state attorney general.
Ballots offered in Arabic, Haitian Creole and other languages also are needed, said Steven Lance, policy counsel at the national NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In New Jersey, advocacy organizations are pushing to expand voting rights legislation to include more groups that would be specifically protected from discrimination, including the state's sizable Arab American population.
as soon as they are released from prison, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister so they are ready to vote as soon as they turn 18 and automatically registering people to vote when they obtain or renew their driver’s licenses.
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