tommu56
Bronze Member
He's saying they aren't capable to to get an I'd I think that an insult on their intelligence and it shows how the Department of Education is failing the students!
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Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to challenge what he called voting restrictions implemented by Republican lawmakers that he said were “discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary.”
Garland spoke alongside Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, at the city’s 59th anniversary of the 1965 civil rights event dubbed “Bloody Sunday,” the day when Alabama police officers beat up voting rights demonstrators protesting in 1965. There, Garland brought up the history of black voting rights, claiming that the “right to vote is still under attack.”
“There are many things that are open to debate in America,” Garland said Sunday in front of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. “One thing that must not be open for debate is the right of all eligible citizens to vote and to have their vote counted.”
Garland has said that Supreme Court decisions have weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He added that some voter ID laws and redistricting maps have put minority groups at a disadvantage, saying that voting restrictions “threaten the foundation of our system of government.”
“That is why the Justice Department is fighting back,” Garland said Sunday in front of the church. “That is why one of the first things I did when I came into office was to double the size of the voting section of the civil rights division. That is why we are challenging efforts by states and jurisdictions to implement discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary restrictions on access to the ballot, including those related to mail-in voting, the use of drop boxes, and voter ID requirements.”
Harris also spoke at the event, using her time to slam Republican lawmakers for trying to implement voting and reproductive healthcare restrictions. Harris also seized the moment to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Currently, Washington, D.C., along with 14 states, does not require anyone to provide documentation in order to cast their vote. However, voter ID laws have broad bipartisan support, with 62% of Democrats, 87% of independents, and 92% of Republicans supporting the requirement of a voter ID, according to a Monmouth poll conducted in 2021.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to challenge what he called voting restrictions implemented by Republican lawmakers that he said were “discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary.”
Garland spoke alongside Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, at the city’s 59th anniversary of the 1965 civil rights event dubbed “Bloody Sunday,” the day when Alabama police officers beat up voting rights demonstrators protesting in 1965. There, Garland brought up the history of black voting rights, claiming that the “right to vote is still under attack.”
“There are many things that are open to debate in America,” Garland said Sunday in front of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. “One thing that must not be open for debate is the right of all eligible citizens to vote and to have their vote counted.”
Garland has said that Supreme Court decisions have weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He added that some voter ID laws and redistricting maps have put minority groups at a disadvantage, saying that voting restrictions “threaten the foundation of our system of government.”
“That is why the Justice Department is fighting back,” Garland said Sunday in front of the church. “That is why one of the first things I did when I came into office was to double the size of the voting section of the civil rights division. That is why we are challenging efforts by states and jurisdictions to implement discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary restrictions on access to the ballot, including those related to mail-in voting, the use of drop boxes, and voter ID requirements.”
Harris also spoke at the event, using her time to slam Republican lawmakers for trying to implement voting and reproductive healthcare restrictions. Harris also seized the moment to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Currently, Washington, D.C., along with 14 states, does not require anyone to provide documentation in order to cast their vote. However, voter ID laws have broad bipartisan support, with 62% of Democrats, 87% of independents, and 92% of Republicans supporting the requirement of a voter ID, according to a Monmouth poll conducted in 2021.
