Gallagher is co-founder of Un-PAC, launched last year to organize young people in favor of passing voting rights legislation. Hours before he had to vote Wednesday, Kelly came out in favor of a one-time workaround to pass the voting rights bill. Arizona Democratic Party leaders took the highly unusual step Saturday of formally censuring Sinema. The Arizona Democratic Party is a diverse coalition that tolerates disagreements, but protecting voter rights is too important not to close ranks behind, said Raquel Terán, a state senator and chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. “Let’s see that ability put to work for voting rights.”

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2022 06:46 UTC