DOJ indicates it might sue states
returning to pre-pandemic voting regulations
Posted By: Skinnydip, 7/28/2021 5:01:06 PM
President Biden's Justice Department warned states on Wednesday that they could face legal action in rolling back COVID-era voting procedures. "The department's enforcement policy does not consider a jurisdiction’s re-adoption of prior voting laws or procedures to be presumptively lawful; instead, the department will review a jurisdiction’s changes in voting laws or procedures for compliance with all federal laws regarding elections, as the facts and circumstances warrant," reads a document released by DOJ. It proceeds to outline a long list of statutory protections on voting rights, including those surrounding mail-in voting.
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ABC News reported:
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six weekend shootings, 250 officers
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I learned something from the advertisements. I learned that most people in this country are black, and all of the good ones are.
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The decision comes a day after she pulled out of the team all-around competition.
Jade Carey, who finished ninth in qualifying, will take Biles’ place in the individual all-around competition.
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Now we know what all the hullabaloo about masks and the Delta variant are about.