ADAhead of the 2020 election, Fair Fight is partnering with state Democratic parties or other entities in 18 states to create, train and fund four-person voter-protection teams hyper-focused on making voting easier. ADRepublicans have dominated Texas politics for nearly two decades, but as the state’s population trends younger and becomes more diverse, Democrats are having greater success. State party officials say they plan to continue pressuring the state to make voting easier, not more difficult. ADAs part of the new voter-protection effort, Texas Democrats have hired two full-time staff members, plan to add two more in the next month and could continue to grow the team in the months ahead. ADAbhi Rahman, a spokesman for Texas Democrats, declined to say how much money Fair Fight has provided, but described it as “significant” and said the effort is the largest in Texas history.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2020 14:02 UTC