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Title: This is where House Democrats are searching for evidence of voter suppression
Post by: mystery-ak on March 12, 2019, 01:19:38 pm

This is where House Democrats are searching for evidence of voter suppression

By David Lightman

March 11, 2019 05:19 PM

Washington

House Democrats plan to expand their probe into possible voter suppression to North Carolina and probably Kansas, the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee told McClatchy.

“We’re looking at the most egregious situations,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, in an interview.

Cummings said his committee could wind up looking at at least four or five states as it digs into whether voting rights were routinely suppressed. The committee could hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and use its findings to champion legislation to remedy whatever problems it found.

Georgia’s election practices are already undergoing committee scrutiny. Top committee Democrats last week sent Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger lengthy requests for information about how the state’s 2018 election was run.



Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article227426379.html#storylink=cpy (https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article227426379.html#storylink=cpy)
Title: Re: This is where House Democrats are searching for evidence of voter suppression
Post by: skeeter on March 12, 2019, 01:29:32 pm
Consulting my Leftwing/English translation handbook - any attempt to prevent voter fraud = "Voter Suppression"