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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums🚨BREAKING: Iowa's Republican legislature has passed a major voter suppression bill.
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Marc E. Elias
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🚨BREAKING: Iowas Republican legislature has passed a major voter suppression bill.
❌Shortens voting hours
❌Shortens early vote period
❌Restricts sending voters AB applications
❌Requires ABs to be received by E-Day
❌Limits ballot drop boxes
Iowa Houses Passes Voter Suppression Bill
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🚨BREAKING: Iowa's Republican legislature has passed a major voter suppression bill. (Original Post)
soothsayer
Feb 2021
OP
It'll never come to a vote, as it will be instantly filibustered and we all know that the filibuster
Celerity
Feb 2021
#7
A great excuse for Democrats to ditch the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court.
W T F
Feb 2021
#10
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾, the main reason the Nazis were able to gain seats in German parliment
uponit7771
Feb 2021
#12
elleng
(131,051 posts)1. They CAN'T handle democracy,
they NEED coups.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,451 posts)2. Let the court battles begin.
soldierant
(6,905 posts)5. Let the construction of a new Federal Voting Rights Act begin
which will apply to all states equally.
Celerity
(43,469 posts)7. It'll never come to a vote, as it will be instantly filibustered and we all know that the filibuster
is not going away.
bamagal62
(3,268 posts)3. It just won't stop,
Im so friggin tired of it. We have got to figure out how to stop this shit.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)8. + 1,000 nt
msongs
(67,433 posts)4. guess which state will have the last dems primary of the cycle from now on nt
djacq
(1,634 posts)6. Lie, Cheat, Steal;
The Fascists Party way.
radius777
(3,635 posts)9. We need boycotts against the industries of seditionist states.
That would force them to lose money and thus put pressure upon the seditionist politicians to reverse course.
There has to be a tangible price paid for those who undermine democracy.
W T F
(1,148 posts)10. A great excuse for Democrats to ditch the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court.
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)12. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾, the main reason the Nazis were able to gain seats in German parliment
... was the left not sticking together on legislation and right now I feel the same way with Manchin et al who don't want to conditionally get rid of the filibuster when it comes to certain laws etc.
They think the kGOP cares about one person one vote when they've screamed they don't even going to the point of tacitly sympathizing with insurrectionist
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)11. k&r