Hillary Clinton comes out swinging on voting rights

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She is calling for universal automatic voter registration.

“Today, Republicans are systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting. What part of democracy are they afraid of?”

Hillary Clinton came out swinging on voting rights yesterday.

In a speech at Texas Southern University that saw proposals going beyond what advisers had previously told the press were included, Clinton called for at least 20 days of nationwide early voting, reduced waiting times at the polls and — the kicker — universal automatic voter registration.

That’s a huge deal.


http://americablog.com/2015/06/hillary-clinton-automatic-voter-registration.html

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1. Rachel Maddow covers Clintons attack against Republicans

But as Rachel noted on the show last night, the Democratic frontrunner ended up going much further than expected. That's true on policy grounds, where Clinton endorsed a plan for universal registration ...
"So today I am calling for universal, automatic voter registration. Everyone, every young man or young woman, in every state in the union should be automatically registered to vote when they turn eighteen -- unless they actively choose to opt-out."
... and it's true on political grounds, where Clinton blasted Republicans, by name, for their ugly national voter-suppression campaign.
"Here in Texas, former Governor Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters. He applauded when the Voting Rights Act was gutted, and said the lost protections were 'outdated and unnecessary.'

"But Governor Perry is hardly alone in his crusade against voting rights. In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote. In New Jersey, Governor Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting. And in Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000. [...]

"What part of democracy are they afraid of?"

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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show#
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

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2. great gif

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