And all of this comes at a moment when the US supreme court appears wholly uninterested in protecting voting rights. A conservative judiciaryMany of the measures that ultimately pass will be challenged by voting rights groups in state and federal courts. ‘An opportunity for us to get it right’Amid this attack on voting rights, Democrats and voting rights groups see a glimmer of hope in Washington. A separate bill pending in the House would establish a new formula to require certain states with recent voting rights violations to again pre-clear their voting changes with the federal government. But the efforts to restrict voting rights have only emboldened Democrats calling to scrap the rule.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2021 09:56 UTC