OPINION: 'President Biden’s Voting Access EO is visionary. It puts the executive branch in the driver’s seat of promoting voter registration,' writes _rotimia
They believed that the dream of a multi-racial democracy—by a Baptist pastor from Georgia on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial less than two years earlier—could, and should, become reality.
The marchers on the bridge knew they would be met with whips, dogs, fire hoses, and violence all sponsored by the state, but they were not going to be turned around. As they bravely faced America’s demons they, “no matter what may be the test, may God take care of you.
President Biden’s Voting Access EO is visionary. It puts the executive branch in the driver’s seat of promoting voter registration. But a recent study from over 50 organizations and some of the nation’s leading civil rights groups titled,, highlights how much of the Voting Access EO still needs to be implemented. It also lays out what the Biden administration still has to do to help ensure every eligible voter has robust, easy, and equal access to the ballot box.
Laura Williamson, the Associate Director of Democracy at the progressive-leaning think tank Demos, stated: “We decided to put out this report now because we are halfway through the Biden administration and the right to vote continues to be under assault. We need the federal government to do all they can to promote access to the ballot.”
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