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Mastriano, 58, is known to be a Donald Trump fanatic and has often backed him on matters that are widely condemned in the United States. Mastriano, who is currently a state senator in Pennsylvania, has been labelled as an election denier and a conspiracy theorist by lawmakers after he backed the voter fraud claims in the United States. Former President Donald Trump said that the 2020 presidential elections were rigged. Also Read: Why Pennsylvania still doesn't have a GOP candidate for US Senate,Doug Mastriano was also present outside the US Capitol on January 6 and protested against the certification of Joe Biden's electoral college votes. The House Select Committee investigating the incident also subpoenaed the Republican lawmaker. If Mastriano makes it to Pennsylvania's governor's office after the upcoming midterm elections, he could also influence the swing state's future election patterns. Pennsylvania's governor has the power to appoint a secretary of state, who oversees how elections are run. In his campaigns, Mastriano pledged to take the extraordinary step of requiring voters to “re-register” to vote, a move that would almost certainly encounter legal hurdles, Associated Press reported. The far-right Republican also spoke out on the Roe v. Wade situation in the United States. Calling abortion science-denying genocide, Mastriano said that he supports an unconditional ban on all pregnancy termination. Also Read: Are US primaries a pre-show for 2024 presidential elections?,While speaking to his supporters on Tuesday, Mastriano responded to allegations of him going extreme, Associated Press reported. He said, They [Democrats] like to call people who stand on the Constitution far right and extreme. I repudiate that. That is c**p. That is absolutely not true. Mastriano, a retired Army colonel, will face Democratic state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was unopposed in his primary elections.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"40.2732","longitude":"-76.8867","name":"Harrisburg, PA, USA","city":"Harrisburg"},"keywords":"Doug Mastriano pennsylvania, pennsylvania elections, mastriano win meaning,doug mastriano policies","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-18T16:07:44+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"rYCTqZxhhAOT","slug":"english/native-americans-face-multiple-barriers-in-casting-their-votes-white-house-report","slugV2":"usa/native-americans-face-multiple-barriers-in-casting-their-votes-white-house-report-529133/","title":"Native Americans face multiple barriers in casting their votes: White House report","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_wvSIRnFGlVJ.jpg","coverCaption":"People wait in line to cast their vote during early voting at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Photo credit: AFP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-03-24T20:16:07+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eNative Americans and Alaska Natives vote at lower rates than the national average 66.9%\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePoverty, language barrier and cultural disrespect impact voting patterns\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eWhite House report came a year after Joe Biden issued an executive order promoting voting rights in Indigenous communities\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":1,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1648124132239,\\\"strCount\\\":4898,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Local,\\\\nstate and federal officials must do more to ensure \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/offbeat/what-is-indigenous-peoples-day-holiday-replacing-columbus-day-in-united-states-262661/\\\\\\\"\u003eNative Americans\u003c/a\u003e facing\\\\npersistent, longstanding and deep-rooted barriers to voting have equal access\\\\nto ballots, a White House report released Thursday said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/americans-want-president-joe-biden-to-be-tougher-on-russia-poll-462533/\\\\\\\"\u003eAmericans want President Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia: Poll\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Native\\\\nAmericans and Alaska Natives vote at lower rates than the national average but\\\\nhave been a key constituency in tight races and states with large Native\\\\npopulations. A surge in voter turnout among tribal members in Arizona, for\\\\nexample, helped lead Joe Biden to victory in the state that hadn't supported a\\\\nDemocrat in a White House contest since 1996.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Poverty\\\\namong Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, hostility between\\\\nIndigenous and non-Indigenous communities, language problem and cultural\\\\ndisrespect impact voting patterns in Indigenous communities, the administration\\\\nnoted.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/north-korean-missile-probably-ballistic-lands-in-japan-economic-zone-222649/\\\\\\\"\u003eNorth Korean missile, probably ballistic, lands in Japan economic zone\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Despite\\\\nthe challenges, Native American voting rights groups increasingly have\\\\nmobilized over the years to boost turnout that is about 13% lower than the\\\\nnational average, according to the White House. The states will the largest\\\\npercentage of Native Americans and Alaska Natives are: Alaska, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/oklahoma/\\\\\\\"\u003eOklahoma\u003c/a\u003e, New\\\\nMexico, South Dakota and \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/montana/\\\\\\\"\u003eMontana\u003c/a\u003e.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The\\\\nBiden administration's report comes a year after he issued an executive order\\\\npromoting voting rights and establishing a steering committee to look at\\\\nparticular barriers to voting in Indigenous communities. Those include state\\\\nlaws and local practices that disenfranchise Indigenous voters, unequal access\\\\nto early voting and reliance on a mail system that is unreliable, the report\\\\nstated.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/science/china-plane-crash-search-area-widened-to-find-second-black-box-523564/\\\\\\\"\u003eChina plane crash: Search area widened to find second black box\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"For\\\\nfar too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced\\\\nunnecessary burdens when they attempt to exercise their sacred right to\\\\nvote,\\\\\\\" the White House said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The\\\\nadministration called on Congress to pass voting rights legislation, including\\\\nthe John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and another focused on Native\\\\nAmericans. But those bills are going nowhere. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicans/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e don't want them and\\\\nneither does Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, meaning they don't\\\\nhave enough votes in the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/senate/\\\\\\\"\u003eSenate\u003c/a\u003e.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/top-us-airlines-urge-joe-biden-to-scrap-covid-travel-mandates-as-cases-dip-333334/\\\\\\\"\u003eTop US airlines urge Joe Biden to scrap COVID travel mandates as cases dip\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In\\\\nthe states, Republican legislatures and governors recently have passed dozens\\\\nof restrictive laws dealing with voting and elections. They have limited the\\\\nuse of mail voting, which proved hugely popular during the pandemic,\\\\nimplemented strict voter ID requirements, eliminated ballot drop boxes and\\\\ncreated several penalties for local election officials who could be accused of\\\\nviolating certain laws.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The\\\\n\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/us/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;Supreme Court ruled last year in a broader case over Arizona voting\\\\nregulations to uphold a prohibition on counting ballots cast in the wrong\\\\nprecinct and returning early ballots for another person. Native American voting\\\\nrights advocates saw it as another notch in a long history of voting\\\\ndiscrimination.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-bidens-day-out-what-to-expect-from-potus-europe-tour-641067/\\\\\\\"\u003eBiden's day out: What to expect from POTUS' Europe tour\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Bills\\\\nthat Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed last year to codify the practice of\\\\ngiving voters who didn't sign mail-in ballots until 7 p.m. on Election Day to\\\\ndo so and that address voter rolls, also would complicate voting, tribal\\\\nleaders said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democrats/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e\\\\nsay the new laws are designed to target their voters, although the mail voting\\\\nrestrictions also tend to hurt Republicans.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In\\\\nthe absence of action, the Biden administration is seeking changes at more\\\\nlocal levels while maintaining pressure on Congress. 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Also Read: Americans want President Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia: Poll,Native Americans and Alaska Natives vote at lower rates than the national average but have been a key constituency in tight races and states with large Native populations. A surge in voter turnout among tribal members in Arizona, for example, helped lead Joe Biden to victory in the state that hadn't supported a Democrat in a White House contest since 1996. Poverty among Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, hostility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, language problem and cultural disrespect impact voting patterns in Indigenous communities, the administration noted. Also Read: North Korean missile, probably ballistic, lands in Japan economic zone,Despite the challenges, Native American voting rights groups increasingly have mobilized over the years to boost turnout that is about 13% lower than the national average, according to the White House. The states will the largest percentage of Native Americans and Alaska Natives are: Alaska, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana. The Biden administration's report comes a year after he issued an executive order promoting voting rights and establishing a steering committee to look at particular barriers to voting in Indigenous communities. Those include state laws and local practices that disenfranchise Indigenous voters, unequal access to early voting and reliance on a mail system that is unreliable, the report stated. Also Read: China plane crash: Search area widened to find second black box,For far too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced unnecessary burdens when they attempt to exercise their sacred right to vote, the White House said. The administration called on Congress to pass voting rights legislation, including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and another focused on Native Americans. But those bills are going nowhere. Republicans don't want them and neither does Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, meaning they don't have enough votes in the Senate. Also Read: Top US airlines urge Joe Biden to scrap COVID travel mandates as cases dip,In the states, Republican legislatures and governors recently have passed dozens of restrictive laws dealing with voting and elections. They have limited the use of mail voting, which proved hugely popular during the pandemic, implemented strict voter ID requirements, eliminated ballot drop boxes and created several penalties for local election officials who could be accused of violating certain laws. The US Supreme Court ruled last year in a broader case over Arizona voting regulations to uphold a prohibition on counting ballots cast in the wrong precinct and returning early ballots for another person. Native American voting rights advocates saw it as another notch in a long history of voting discrimination. Also Read: Biden's day out: What to expect from POTUS' Europe tour,Bills that Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed last year to codify the practice of giving voters who didn't sign mail-in ballots until 7 p.m. on Election Day to do so and that address voter rolls, also would complicate voting, tribal leaders said. Democrats say the new laws are designed to target their voters, although the mail voting restrictions also tend to hurt Republicans. In the absence of action, the Biden administration is seeking changes at more local levels while maintaining pressure on Congress. The White House pointed to enhanced safeguards for Native American voters in Nevada, Washington and Colorado and suggested other states follow their lead.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Native Americans,Alaska Natives,Arizona,White House,Native American,the White House,Congress,Republicans,Joe Biden,Democrat,Native Hawaiians,Alaska,Oklahoma,New Mexico,South Dakota","originalPublishedOn":"2022-03-24T17:45:36+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"hOWV9jF0l2Jo","slug":"english/texas-becomes-first-state-to-try-new-restrictive-voting-laws-what-changed","slugV2":"world/texas-becomes-first-state-to-try-new-restrictive-voting-laws-what-changed-336929/","title":"Texas becomes first state to try new restrictive voting laws. What changed?","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_od0HmHZ4O1.jpg","coverCaption":"A voter arrives at a polling location at the Carver Branch Library on Texas Primary Election Day. 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It also became the first US state to conduct elections after new restrictive voting guidelines were introduced. In September 2021, Greg Abbott-- the Governor of the lone star state and a member of the GOP-- signed a legislation that added new requirements for Texans to vote. ,What has changed with the rollout of voting new rules?,-Ban on drive-through voting,Drive-through voting provisions were introduced in the United States as the country struggled to contain the spread of COVID-19. Nearly 127,000 people in Texas' Harris County voted through this method in 2020. However, the provision has now been scrapped. -Assisting voters became more difficult,The Greg Abbott-supported legislation added steps to the assistant voters' verification process. Individuals were required to fill out separate forms that required them to disclose the name, address and relationship to the person they helped cast a ballot,-Ban on 24-hour voting,Harris County, which is considered to be one of the most diverse regions of Texas, did not see round-the-clock ballots on Tuesday. The 24-hour voting facility was added to aid those with irregular working hours. The polls opened at 6 AM on Tuesday and are set to close at 9 PM, according to reports from CNN. Texas’ rapid growth — driven by more than 4 million new residents — has shifted once solidly red suburbs away from Republicans. But the GOP has countered that with redrawn maps that left fewer competitive congressional districts along with dramatic new voting restrictions, Associated Press reported. Thousands of mail-in ballot applications — and actual ballots — were rejected under the new requirements. Most of those were due to voters not including newly mandated identification, worrying local elections officials that many won’t correct problems to have their vote count.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"29.7604","longitude":"-95.3698","name":"Houston, TX, USA","city":"Houston"},"keywords":"Texas,Harris County,US,the United States,Republicans,GOP,Texans","originalPublishedOn":"2022-03-02T08:45:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"rRPdMqSuQCd0","slug":"english/national-voters-day-all-about-indias-celebration-of-democracy","slugV2":"india/national-voters-day-all-about-indias-celebration-of-democracy-525238/","title":"National Voters Day: All about India's celebration of democracy","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://images.opoyi.net/opoyi_8SB-hNDPb.jpg","coverCaption":"India is celebrating the 12 edition of the National Voters Day this year. 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The day is celebrated on January 25.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/search/electioncommissionofindia\\\\\\\"\u003eElection Commission of India\u003c/a\u003e, the country's top regulatory body to manage polls, is tasked with raising awareness about the importance of people participating in India's electoral process.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/tele-voting-how-to-use-aaps-new-punjab-cm-selection-tool-for-elections\\\\\\\"\u003eTele voting: How to use AAP's new Punjab CM selection tool for elections?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eHow and why was National Voters Day established?\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Ambika Soni, the former minister of information and broadcasting, noticed that youth's participation in the electorial process in India was diminishing.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh backed a proposal of the law ministry to mark January 25, 2011 as the first-ever National Voters Day and encourage young voters.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Election Commission of India also launched an initiative that introduced the\u0026nbsp;Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC), which enrolls new voters.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eHow is National Voters Day being celebrated this year?\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Making elections inclusive, accessible and participative\\\\\\\" is the theme of this year's celebration, according to reports from Hindustan Times. While Vice President\u0026nbsp;M Venkaiah Naidu, who earlier tested positive for COVID, will not attend the event in person, he will deliver an address virtually.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Kiren Rijiju, the Union law minister, will also be present at the national event will be the guest of honour.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/online-nomination-transperancy-of-criminal-records-among-eci-guidelines-for-2022-assembly-elections\\\\\\\"\u003eE-nomination, publicity of criminal records: ECI guidelines for 2022 polls\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eWhy is National Voters Day significant this year?\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The celebrations come at a time when India is all set to \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/elections\\\\\\\"\u003eenter the election season.\u003c/a\u003e A total of seven states have assembly elections this year, with five of them being right around the corner. Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur are scheduled to kick off elections in February.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The National Voters Day is also just a day before India's Republic Day, which marks the country's first step towards setting up a democratic government.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"New Delhi, Delhi, India"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Voting","slug":"voting","id":"LbJnt4LRtJmV","isSection":0},{"name":"India","slug":"india","id":"Bq4MmUPrXF8p","isSection":1},{"name":"ElectionCommissionOfIndia","slug":"electioncommissionofindia","id":"Uycwmr3Qy7c3","isSection":0},{"name":"ECI","slug":"eci","id":"ebczD64Kao3t","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"IndiaNews","slug":"indianews","id":"hmzqkpDB7jEj","isSection":0},{"name":"ManmohanSingh","slug":"manmohansingh","id":"HySCNpWDGhbs","isSection":0},{"name":"Elections","slug":"elections","id":"3Cfx7PQDJJJQ","isSection":0},{"name":"Democracy","slug":"democracy","id":"ufeKfu3VJXg9","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","username":"amanbutani1975","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-25T08:30:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"National Voters Day, which will have its 12th edition this year, is celebrated annually to mark the democratic participation of voters in India's electoral process. The day is celebrated on January 25. The Election Commission of India, the country's top regulatory body to manage polls, is tasked with raising awareness about the importance of people participating in India's electoral process. ,Also Read: Tele voting: How to use AAP's new Punjab CM selection tool for elections?,How and why was National Voters Day established?,Ambika Soni, the former minister of information and broadcasting, noticed that youth's participation in the electorial process in India was diminishing. ,Then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh backed a proposal of the law ministry to mark January 25, 2011 as the first-ever National Voters Day and encourage young voters. The Election Commission of India also launched an initiative that introduced the Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC), which enrolls new voters. ,How is National Voters Day being celebrated this year?,Making elections inclusive, accessible and participative is the theme of this year's celebration, according to reports from Hindustan Times. While Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, who earlier tested positive for COVID, will not attend the event in person, he will deliver an address virtually. ,Kiren Rijiju, the Union law minister, will also be present at the national event will be the guest of honour. Also Read: E-nomination, publicity of criminal records: ECI guidelines for 2022 polls,Why is National Voters Day significant this year?,The celebrations come at a time when India is all set to enter the election season. A total of seven states have assembly elections this year, with five of them being right around the corner. Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur are scheduled to kick off elections in February. The National Voters Day is also just a day before India's Republic Day, which marks the country's first step towards setting up a democratic government.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"28.6139","longitude":"77.209","name":"New Delhi, Delhi, India","city":"Delhi"},"keywords":"['National Voters Day', 'Democracy', 'History and significance', 'Election Commission of India', 'Manmohan Singh']","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-25T08:30:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"1e6xTymxYFYX","slug":"english/new-york-rep-jamaal-bowman-27-others-arrested-during-voting-rights-protest-at-us-capitol","slugV2":"world/new-york-rep-jamaal-bowman-27-others-arrested-during-voting-rights-protest-at-us-capitol-112178/","title":"New York Rep Jamaal Bowman, 27 others arrested during voting rights protest at US Capitol","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_yduIZsF8F5Q.jpg","coverCaption":"Jamaal Brown is the representative for New York's 16th congressional district. (photo credit: Twitter/jamaalBrown)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-21T01:45:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eJamaal Brown was protesting hours after\u0026nbsp;Democrats failed to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe US Capitol police at around 1:30 PM tweeted that the demonstartion was over\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBowman had joined a voting rights non-violent direct action at the North Barricade, his office said\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1642708175268,\\\"strCount\\\":2553,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Jamaal Brown, the representative for \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/newyork/\\\\\\\"\u003eNew York's\u003c/a\u003e 16th congressional district, was arrested on Thursday during a\u0026nbsp;voting rights protest at the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/uscapitol/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS Capitol\u003c/a\u003e, his office said in a statement. The\u0026nbsp;US Capitol Police department said\u0026nbsp;it had arrested more than two dozen people in connection to the protest that was held hours after\u0026nbsp;Democrats failed to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/technology/what-does-doomsday-clock-2022-being-set-at-100-seconds-from-midnight-mean-601539/\\\\\\\"\u003eWhat does Doomsday Clock 2022 being set at 100 seconds from midnight mean?\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Marcus Frias, a spokesman for Bowman, confirmed the arrest saying that the representative had 'joined a voting rights non-violent direct action at the North Barricade'.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Today, Congressman Jamaal Bowman joined a voting rights non-violent direct action at the North Barricade of the US Capitol Building and was arrested by the US Capitol Police. We will provide more information and updates as we gather them,\\\\\\\" the statement read.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-vice-president-kamala-harris-russia-will-pay-severe-costs-if-it-invades-ukraine-103265/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS VP Kamala Harris: Russia will pay 'severe costs' if it invades Ukraine\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The US Capitol Police on Thursday said that 'just before noon demonstrators started blocking one side of the North Barricade outside the Capitol'. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"The that officers started making arrests after issuing three warnings to the protesters. The demonstrators refused to move out of the driveway, so we are making arrests.\\\\\\\"it added.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"We made a total of 27 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307), and one for violating U.S. Capitol Police Traffic Regulation Section 16.3 (Crowd Control). The demonstration activity is all clear,\\\\\\\" the department tweeted at about 1:30 PM.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/sports/willie-gay-jr-kansas-city-chiefs-linerback-arrested-for-misdemeanor-criminal-damage-617388/\\\\\\\"\u003eChiefs linerback Willie Gay arrested for misdemeanor criminal damage\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Bowman's office said that some of the other demonstrators arrested on Thursday included \\\\\\\"faith leaders and youth who have been hunger striking for our democracy.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The 45-year-old on Wednesday had tweeted,\\\\\\\"Our democracy is on the line, and the Senate must act and pass voting rights immediately. We're outside the Senate steps sounding the alarm.\\\\\\\"\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Yash Bajaj","photo":null,"username":"yash6711","id":"0f9O2vXwZhEr","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"USCapitol","slug":"uscapitol","id":"vZ9rrIKWPrzP","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Protests","slug":"protests","id":"tJtLQ1gYwKFL","isSection":0},{"name":"NewYork","slug":"newyork","id":"ZXs8JjMQ5noW","isSection":0},{"name":"Capitol","slug":"capitol","id":"oOrbNw49CvAB","isSection":0},{"name":"Police","slug":"police","id":"mfb9JdUrEgum","isSection":0},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8","isSection":1},{"name":"International","slug":"international","id":"NYS6J2BBfSdS","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Yash Bajaj","id":"M07YhBZm5h4Q","username":"yashbajaj","role":5,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-21T01:45:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Jamaal Brown, the representative for New York's 16th congressional district, was arrested on Thursday during a voting rights protest at the US Capitol, his office said in a statement. The US Capitol Police department said it had arrested more than two dozen people in connection to the protest that was held hours after Democrats failed to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Also read: What does Doomsday Clock 2022 being set at 100 seconds from midnight mean?,Marcus Frias, a spokesman for Bowman, confirmed the arrest saying that the representative had 'joined a voting rights non-violent direct action at the North Barricade'. ,Today, Congressman Jamaal Bowman joined a voting rights non-violent direct action at the North Barricade of the US Capitol Building and was arrested by the US Capitol Police. We will provide more information and updates as we gather them, the statement read. ,Also read: US VP Kamala Harris: Russia will pay 'severe costs' if it invades Ukraine,The US Capitol Police on Thursday said that 'just before noon demonstrators started blocking one side of the North Barricade outside the Capitol'. ,The that officers started making arrests after issuing three warnings to the protesters. The demonstrators refused to move out of the driveway, so we are making arrests.it added. ,We made a total of 27 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307), and one for violating U.S. Capitol Police Traffic Regulation Section 16.3 (Crowd Control). The demonstration activity is all clear, the department tweeted at about 1:30 PM. ,Also read: Chiefs linerback Willie Gay arrested for misdemeanor criminal damage,Bowman's office said that some of the other demonstrators arrested on Thursday included faith leaders and youth who have been hunger striking for our democracy. The 45-year-old on Wednesday had tweeted,Our democracy is on the line, and the Senate must act and pass voting rights immediately. We're outside the Senate steps sounding the alarm.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"New York Rep Jamaal Bowman, US Capitol, Police, arrested, voting rights","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-21T01:45:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"2cUuBddnaYBG","slug":"joe-bidens-lashes-out-at-gop-following-failed-senate-vote-on-voting-rights","slugV2":"world/joe-bidens-lashes-out-at-gop-following-failed-senate-vote-on-voting-rights-121135/","title":"Joe Biden's lashes out at GOP following failed Senate vote on voting rights","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_IXflRS1Kz.jpg","coverCaption":"United States President Joe Biden (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-20T11:30:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\"I am disappointed — but I am not deterred\", Biden said\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUS VP Kamala Harris will lead the effort for boosting voting rights\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRepublicans are \"engaged in an unprecedented effort to suppress\" voting rights, Biden said\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1642658025618,\\\"strCount\\\":2613,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"United States President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/joebiden/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden\u003c/a\u003e lashed out on Senate Republicans after the upper legislative house sank a \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/democrats-fail-to-break-senate-filibuster-as-key-voting-rights-bill-fails-671131/\\\\\\\"\u003ecrucial voting rights bill\u003c/a\u003e on Wednesday. \\\\\\\"I am disappointed — but I am not deterred\\\\\\\", Biden said in a statement.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden accused GOP lawmakers in the US Congress of being \\\\\\\"engaged in an unprecedented effort to suppress the sacred right to vote\\\\\\\" and compromising the free and fair elections of America.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet-377220/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden vowed to not give up on the fight for boosting voting rights in the country. He said, \\\\\\\"My Administration will never stop fighting to ensure that the heart and soul of our democracy — the right to vote — is protected at all costs. We will continue to work with allies to advance necessary legislation to protect the right to vote.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However, Biden's statement on Wednesday did not address a possible challenge to the filibuster rules in Senate, which blocked the bill on Wednesday. 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I am disappointed — but I am not deterred, Biden said in a statement. Biden accused GOP lawmakers in the US Congress of being engaged in an unprecedented effort to suppress the sacred right to vote and compromising the free and fair elections of America. Also Read: Joe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!,Biden vowed to not give up on the fight for boosting voting rights in the country. He said, My Administration will never stop fighting to ensure that the heart and soul of our democracy — the right to vote — is protected at all costs. We will continue to work with allies to advance necessary legislation to protect the right to vote. However, Biden's statement on Wednesday did not address a possible challenge to the filibuster rules in Senate, which blocked the bill on Wednesday. A GOP-headed filibuster meant at least 60 votes were needed in favour of the legislation. United States Vice President Kamala Harris -- who Biden said will head the effort as she has for the past year-- made similar statements on not letting go off the voting rights bill. Our administration will continue to fight to pass federal legislation—and to change Senate rules—to secure the right to vote, Vice President Harris said. ,She added, We will work to ensure Americans everywhere can register to vote, cast their vote, and have their vote counted in a free and fair election. Also Read: Kamala Harris calls out Republicans for stalling voting rights legislation,The vote on the Senate rules, which had a close call in a thinly divided Senate, saw two key holdouts from the Democratic party: Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Senator Lisa Murkowski said a bipartisan coalition should work on legislation to ensure voter access, particularly in far-flung areas like her state, and to shore up Americans’ faith in democracy. (With AP inputs)","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Joe Biden statement, Republican party, voting rights, Kamala Harris, US Congress","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-20T11:30:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"ZlSdLuzNOEXm","slug":"democrats-fail-to-break-senate-filibuster-as-key-voting-rights-bill-fails","slugV2":"usa/democrats-fail-to-break-senate-filibuster-as-key-voting-rights-bill-fails-671131/","title":"Democrats fail to break Senate filibuster as key voting rights bill fails","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_kJI7KV7Hs9-.jpg","coverCaption":"Senator Joe Manchin speaks on the floor of the US Senate on Wednesday. (Photo Credit: Associated Press)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-20T08:46:11+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDemocrats had two key holdouts in the US Senate\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe initial vote was 49-51\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUS VP Kamala Harris presided over the US Senate to break a tie\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1642648575478,\\\"strCount\\\":2818,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The United States Senate voted to block a crucial voting rights legislation on Wednesday, with Democrats scrambling to break a Republican filibuster.\u0026nbsp;Kyrsten Sinema\u0026nbsp;of Arizona and\u0026nbsp;Joe Manchin\u0026nbsp;of West Virginia-- two holdouts of the\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-all-but-concedes-defeat-on-voting-election-bills-236505/\\\\\\\"\u003e Democratic party-\u003c/a\u003e- also contributed to blocking the bill.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The legislation was a mixture\u0026nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, both of which have been opposed by a majority of GOP lawmakers so far. At least 60 votes were needed in favour of the bill to break the Republican filibuster.\u0026nbsp;The initial vote was 49-51.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/joe-biden-kamala-harris-push-voting-rights-to-mark-mlk-day-574312/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden, Kamala Harris push voting rights to mark MLK Day\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, voted no for procedural reasons so Democrats can revisit the legislation.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"United States\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/joe-biden-kamala-harris-push-voting-rights-to-mark-mlk-day-574312/\\\\\\\"\u003e Vice President Kamala Harris\u003c/a\u003e presided over the thinly divided upper legislative house to break a tie. Following the blocking of the bill, Harris reassured that\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet-377220/\\\\\\\"\u003e Joe Biden\u003c/a\u003e and her would continue to rally for the voting rights bill.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"She said, \\\\\\\"This is about the fundamental freedom to vote and what should unfettered access to the ballot. I am here to make a strong statement that this is, whatever happens tonight from the outcome of this vote, the President and I are not going to give up on this issue. This is fundamental to our democracy and it's non-negotiable\\\\\\\", according to reports from CNN.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Sinema and Manchin have withstood an onslaught of criticism from Black leaders and civil rights organizations, and they risk further political fallout as other groups and\u0026nbsp;even their own colleagues\u0026nbsp;threaten to yank campaign support.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet-377220/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Schumer contended the fight is not over and he ridiculed Republican claims that the new election laws in the states will not end up hurting voter access and turnout, comparing it to Donald Trump's “big lie” about the 2020 presidential election.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Democrats' bill, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, would make Election Day a national holiday, ensure access to early voting and mail-in ballots — which have become especially popular during the COVID-19 pandemic — and enable the Justice Department to intervene in states with a history of voter interference, among other changes. It has passed the House.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"USSenate","slug":"ussenate","id":"1awmCmIjhk9L","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"JoeManchin","slug":"joemanchin","id":"NJL8OrfqowPs","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"ChuckSchumer","slug":"chuckschumer","id":"3LLuFJAHBmmF","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","username":"amanbutani1975","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-20T08:46:10+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The United States Senate voted to block a crucial voting rights legislation on Wednesday, with Democrats scrambling to break a Republican filibuster. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia-- two holdouts of the Democratic party-- also contributed to blocking the bill. ,The legislation was a mixture Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, both of which have been opposed by a majority of GOP lawmakers so far. At least 60 votes were needed in favour of the bill to break the Republican filibuster. The initial vote was 49-51. Also Read: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris push voting rights to mark MLK Day,Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, voted no for procedural reasons so Democrats can revisit the legislation. United States Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the thinly divided upper legislative house to break a tie. Following the blocking of the bill, Harris reassured that Joe Biden and her would continue to rally for the voting rights bill. She said, This is about the fundamental freedom to vote and what should unfettered access to the ballot. I am here to make a strong statement that this is, whatever happens tonight from the outcome of this vote, the President and I are not going to give up on this issue. This is fundamental to our democracy and it's non-negotiable, according to reports from CNN. Sinema and Manchin have withstood an onslaught of criticism from Black leaders and civil rights organizations, and they risk further political fallout as other groups and even their own colleagues threaten to yank campaign support. Also Read: Joe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!,Schumer contended the fight is not over and he ridiculed Republican claims that the new election laws in the states will not end up hurting voter access and turnout, comparing it to Donald Trump's “big lie” about the 2020 presidential election. The Democrats' bill, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, would make Election Day a national holiday, ensure access to early voting and mail-in ballots — which have become especially popular during the COVID-19 pandemic — and enable the Justice Department to intervene in states with a history of voter interference, among other changes. It has passed the House.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Voting rights act, US Senate, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Chuck Schumer","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-20T08:46:10+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"UghsioVStb2w","slug":"joe-biden-kamala-harris-push-voting-rights-to-mark-mlk-day","slugV2":"world/joe-biden-kamala-harris-push-voting-rights-to-mark-mlk-day-574312/","title":"Joe Biden, Kamala Harris push voting rights to mark MLK Day","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_8cpEggC2j.jpg","coverCaption":"Snow covers the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. (Photo Credit: Associated Press)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-18T10:15:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUS needs actions more than reflection, Biden said\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eVP Harris volunteered for a day of service to mark MLK Day\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eCongress is scheduled to take up the voting rights bill this week\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1642479919974,\\\"strCount\\\":2747,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/in-pics-americans-celebrate-martin-luther-king-jr-day-346125/\\\\\\\"\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. Day\u003c/a\u003e was marked by United States President Joe Biden with a push for the voting rights legislation, which remains in the approval pipeline of the Congress. \\\\\\\"Congress must pass Federal legislation to protect the right to vote\\\\\\\", Biden said in a social media post on Monday.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden said that America needs \\\\\\\"more than just reflection — it requires action\\\\\\\", while building on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights pioneer.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso See:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/in-pics-americans-celebrate-martin-luther-king-jr-day-346125/\\\\\\\"\u003eIn pics: Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we must protect the hard-fought gains he helped achieve—and continue his unfinished struggle for a freer and more just society by raising our voices to confront abuses of power, challenge hate and discrimination, and protect the right to vote\\\\\\\", the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/on-mlk-day-joe-biden-says-americans-must-commit-to-martin-luther-king-jrs-work-581041/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS President wrote\u003c/a\u003e in a different post.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"United States Vice President Kamala Harris took a similar route and wrote, \\\\\\\"If we are to truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, we must continue to fight for the freedom to vote.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/rest-in-power-vp-kamala-harris-lawmakers-remember-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-on-his-death-anniversary-237778/\\\\\\\"\u003eVP Harris\u003c/a\u003e, in a separate post, said that she visited\u0026nbsp;Martha’s Table in Washington DC to volunteer for a day of service to mark\u0026nbsp;Martin Luther King Jr. Day. United States Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff also joined Harris.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Speaking in Washington DC on Monday, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/family-of-martin-luther-king-jr-lead-march-for-right-to-vote-in-washington-dc-532052/\\\\\\\"\u003eMartin Luther King III-\u003c/a\u003e-\u0026nbsp;Martin Luther King, Jr.'s eldest son-- said though he was marking the federal holiday named for his father, he wasn't there to celebrate.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/for-martin-luther-king-jr-day-google-doodle-depicts-evolution-of-the-us-civil-rights-struggle-309535/\\\\\\\"\u003eFor MLK Day, Google Doodle depicts evolution of the US civil rights struggle\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"He was there to call on Congress and President Joe Biden to pass the sweeping legislation that would help ease Republican-led voting restrictions passed in at least 19 states that make it more difficult to cast a ballot, according to reports from Associated Press.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Monday's holiday marked what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace safety in Memphis, Tennessee.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"MartinLutherKing","slug":"martinlutherking","id":"FV8KIGXMp0R5","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"KamalaHarris","slug":"kamalaharris","id":"bjYDLQ4qnNAG","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"USCongress","slug":"uscongress","id":"EA4mfXbN7iJQ","isSection":0},{"name":"International","slug":"international","id":"NYS6J2BBfSdS","isSection":0},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8","isSection":1}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","username":"amanbutani1975","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-18T10:15:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked by United States President Joe Biden with a push for the voting rights legislation, which remains in the approval pipeline of the Congress. Congress must pass Federal legislation to protect the right to vote, Biden said in a social media post on Monday. Biden said that America needs more than just reflection — it requires action, while building on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. a civil rights pioneer. Also See: In pics: Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day,On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we must protect the hard-fought gains he helped achieve—and continue his unfinished struggle for a freer and more just society by raising our voices to confront abuses of power, challenge hate and discrimination, and protect the right to vote, the US President wrote in a different post. United States Vice President Kamala Harris took a similar route and wrote, If we are to truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, we must continue to fight for the freedom to vote. VP Harris, in a separate post, said that she visited Martha’s Table in Washington DC to volunteer for a day of service to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. United States Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff also joined Harris. ,Speaking in Washington DC on Monday, Martin Luther King III-- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s eldest son-- said though he was marking the federal holiday named for his father, he wasn't there to celebrate. Also Read: For MLK Day, Google Doodle depicts evolution of the US civil rights struggle,He was there to call on Congress and President Joe Biden to pass the sweeping legislation that would help ease Republican-led voting restrictions passed in at least 19 states that make it more difficult to cast a ballot, according to reports from Associated Press. Monday's holiday marked what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace safety in Memphis, Tennessee.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"MLK Day, Joe Biden, voting rights, Kamala Harris, US Congress, King III","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-18T10:15:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"cD4IZgGmKHgo","slug":"joe-biden-all-but-concedes-defeat-on-voting-election-bills","slugV2":"usa/joe-biden-all-but-concedes-defeat-on-voting-election-bills-236505/","title":"Joe Biden all but concedes defeat on voting, election bills","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_I9SAgRwfk.jpg","coverCaption":"US President Joe Biden. (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-14T05:43:08+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBiden said he's \"not sure\" the Democrats' major elections and voting rights legislation can pass Congress this year\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\"The honest to God answer is I don't know whether we can get this done,\" Biden said\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\"As long as I'm in the White House, as long as I'm engaged at all, I'm going to be fighting,\" he added\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1642119127720,\\\"strCount\\\":6916,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"All but acknowledging defeat, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/joebiden/\\\\\\\"\u003ePresident Joe Biden \u003c/a\u003esaid Thursday he's \\\\\\\"not sure\\\\\\\" the Democrats' major elections and voting rights legislation can pass Congress this year. He spoke at the Capitol after a key fellow Democrat, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, dramatically announced her refusal to go along with changing Senate rules to muscle the bill past a Republican filibuster.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/us-president-joe-biden-to-back-filibuster-changes-to-push-voting-rights-bill-309133/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden had come to the Capitol to prod Democratic senators in a closed-door meeting, but he was not optimistic when he emerged. He vowed to keep fighting for the sweeping legislation that advocates say is vital to protecting elections.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"The honest to God answer is I don't know whether we can get this done,\\\\\\\" Biden said. 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Earlier forays did little to advance his other big priority, the \\\\\\\"Build Back Better Act\\\\\\\" of social and climate change initiatives. Instead, Biden returned to the White House with his agenda languishing in Congress.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden spoke for more than an hour in private withrestive Democrats in the Senate, including Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who also opposes changing Senate rules.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Manchin said in a statement later: \\\\\\\"Ending the filibuster would be the easy way out. I cannot support such a perilous course for this nation.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But Manchin and Sinema headed to the White House late Thursday to try to find a way through, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/joe-biden-barack-obama-honour-late-senate-majority-leader-harry-reid-at-memorial-149446/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden, Barack Obama honour late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at memorial\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Since taking control of Congress and the White House last year, Democrats have vowed to counteract a wave of new state laws, inspired by former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election, that have made it harder to vote. But their efforts have stalled in the narrowly divided Senate, where they lack the 60 votes out of 100 to overcome a Republican filibuster.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"For weeks, Sinema and Manchin have come under intense pressure to support rules changes that would allow the party to pass their legislation with a simple majority — a step both have long opposed.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Though Trump and other Republicans also pressed for filibuster changes when he was president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Sinema's speech an important act of \\\\\\\"political courage\\\\\\\" that could \\\\\\\"save the Senate as an institution.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Her own colleagues weren't as charitable. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who once opposed changing the Senate rules, said, \\\\\\\"The path forward is very difficult, particularly based upon Sen. Sinema's statement today.\\\\\\\" He said, \\\\\\\"She believes that the risk of changing the filibuster is greater than the risk of what's going on in the states. I hope profoundly that she's right. I fear that she's wrong.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Democratic package of voting and ethics legislation would usher in the biggest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, striking down hurdles to voting enacted in the name of election security, reducing the influence of big money in politics and limiting partisan influence over the drawing of congressional districts. The package would create national election standards that would trump the state-level GOP laws. It would also restore the ability of the Justice Department to police election laws in states with a history of discrimination.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden's trip to the Capitol, where he served for decades as a senator from Delaware, was part of week-long effort to jolt the stalled bill. On Tuesday he gave a fiery speech in Atlanta, likening opponents of the legislation to racist historical figures and telling lawmakers they will be \\\\\\\"judged by history.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans are nearly unanimous in opposing the legislation, viewing it as federal overreach that would infringe on states' abilities to conduct their own elections. And they've pointed out that Democrats opposed changes to the filibuster that Trump sought when he was president.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But for Democrats and Biden, the legislation is viewed as a political imperative. Failure to pass it would break a major campaign promise to Black voters, who helped hand Democrats control of the White House and Congress, and would come just before midterm elections when slim Democratic majorities will be on the line. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats have still pledged to force a public showdown over the bill on the Senate floor, which could stretch for days and carry echoes of civil rights battles a generation ago that led to some of the most famous filibusters in Senate history.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Schumer had initially set the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, on Jan. 17, as a deadline to either pass the voting legislation or consider revising the filibuster rules.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But Democrats shifted their strategy as they sought to pressure Manchin and Sinema. Under their new approach, which uses a procedural shortcut, they will be able to debate the bill without being blocked by a filibuster — a feat after Republicans used the filibuster four times in recent months to stop deliberation. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The mechanics work like this: The House amended an unrelated bill that was already approved by both chambers of Congress, combining Democrats voting proposals into one bill. After the House passed that bill Thursday, the Senate can debate it with a simple majority. But Senate Republicans can still block them from holding a final vote. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock questioned the wisdom of reflexively seeking bipartisanship.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"It can't be the only important thing,\\\\\\\" said Warnock, who is Georgia's first Black senator. \\\\\\\"Slavery was bipartisan. Jim Crow segregation was bipartisan. The denial of women's suffrage was bipartisan.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"You know what wasn't bipartisan? Passage of the 13th Amendment,\\\\\\\" he said, the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery. \\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IhwUkQGyI.jpg","username":"VaishnaviVaidyanathan","id":"YBsZsSLCYUlz","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Elections","slug":"elections","id":"3Cfx7PQDJJJQ","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"WhiteHouse","slug":"whitehouse","id":"D8eqiqcxFZ1c","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress","role":8,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-14T05:33:13+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"All but acknowledging defeat, President Joe Biden said Thursday he's not sure the Democrats' major elections and voting rights legislation can pass Congress this year. He spoke at the Capitol after a key fellow Democrat, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, dramatically announced her refusal to go along with changing Senate rules to muscle the bill past a Republican filibuster. Also Read:US President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill,Biden had come to the Capitol to prod Democratic senators in a closed-door meeting, but he was not optimistic when he emerged. He vowed to keep fighting for the sweeping legislation that advocates say is vital to protecting elections. The honest to God answer is I don't know whether we can get this done, Biden said. He told reporters, his voice rising, As long as I'm in the White House, as long as I'm engaged at all, I'm going to be fighting. Sinema all but dashed the bill's chances minutes earlier, declaring just before Biden arrived on Capitol Hill that she could not support a short sighted rules change. She said in a speech on the Senate floor that the answer to divisiveness in the Senate and in the country is not to change filibuster rules so one party, even hers, can pass controversial bills. We must address the disease itself, the disease of division, to protect our democracy, she said. Also Read:US and Russia hold talks amid Ukraine tensions,The moment once again leaves Biden empty-handed after a high-profile visit to Congress. Earlier forays did little to advance his other big priority, the Build Back Better Act of social and climate change initiatives. Instead, Biden returned to the White House with his agenda languishing in Congress. Biden spoke for more than an hour in private withrestive Democrats in the Senate, including Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who also opposes changing Senate rules. Manchin said in a statement later: Ending the filibuster would be the easy way out. I cannot support such a perilous course for this nation. But Manchin and Sinema headed to the White House late Thursday to try to find a way through, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Also Read: Joe Biden, Barack Obama honour late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at memorial,Since taking control of Congress and the White House last year, Democrats have vowed to counteract a wave of new state laws, inspired by former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election, that have made it harder to vote. But their efforts have stalled in the narrowly divided Senate, where they lack the 60 votes out of 100 to overcome a Republican filibuster. For weeks, Sinema and Manchin have come under intense pressure to support rules changes that would allow the party to pass their legislation with a simple majority — a step both have long opposed. Though Trump and other Republicans also pressed for filibuster changes when he was president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. called Sinema's speech an important act of political courage that could save the Senate as an institution. Her own colleagues weren't as charitable. ,But Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who once opposed changing the Senate rules, said, The path forward is very difficult, particularly based upon Sen. Sinema's statement today. He said, She believes that the risk of changing the filibuster is greater than the risk of what's going on in the states. I hope profoundly that she's right. I fear that she's wrong. The Democratic package of voting and ethics legislation would usher in the biggest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, striking down hurdles to voting enacted in the name of election security, reducing the influence of big money in politics and limiting partisan influence over the drawing of congressional districts. The package would create national election standards that would trump the state-level GOP laws. It would also restore the ability of the Justice Department to police election laws in states with a history of discrimination. Biden's trip to the Capitol, where he served for decades as a senator from Delaware, was part of week-long effort to jolt the stalled bill. On Tuesday he gave a fiery speech in Atlanta, likening opponents of the legislation to racist historical figures and telling lawmakers they will be judged by history. Republicans are nearly unanimous in opposing the legislation, viewing it as federal overreach that would infringe on states' abilities to conduct their own elections. And they've pointed out that Democrats opposed changes to the filibuster that Trump sought when he was president. But for Democrats and Biden, the legislation is viewed as a political imperative. Failure to pass it would break a major campaign promise to Black voters, who helped hand Democrats control of the White House and Congress, and would come just before midterm elections when slim Democratic majorities will be on the line. ,Democrats have still pledged to force a public showdown over the bill on the Senate floor, which could stretch for days and carry echoes of civil rights battles a generation ago that led to some of the most famous filibusters in Senate history. Schumer had initially set the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, on Jan. 17, as a deadline to either pass the voting legislation or consider revising the filibuster rules. But Democrats shifted their strategy as they sought to pressure Manchin and Sinema. Under their new approach, which uses a procedural shortcut, they will be able to debate the bill without being blocked by a filibuster — a feat after Republicans used the filibuster four times in recent months to stop deliberation. ,The mechanics work like this: The House amended an unrelated bill that was already approved by both chambers of Congress, combining Democrats voting proposals into one bill. After the House passed that bill Thursday, the Senate can debate it with a simple majority. But Senate Republicans can still block them from holding a final vote. ,Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock questioned the wisdom of reflexively seeking bipartisanship. It can't be the only important thing, said Warnock, who is Georgia's first Black senator. Slavery was bipartisan. Jim Crow segregation was bipartisan. The denial of women's suffrage was bipartisan. You know what wasn't bipartisan? Passage of the 13th Amendment, he said, the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Joe Biden, Joe Biden voting rights, Joe Biden election bill,","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-14T05:33:13+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"aPRvTVdBsK7N","slug":"joe-biden-to-pitch-voting-rights-changes-to-senate-democrats-despite-republican-criticism","slugV2":"usa/joe-biden-to-pitch-voting-rights-changes-to-senate-democrats-despite-republican-criticism-206518/","title":"Joe Biden to pitch voting rights changes to Senate Democrats despite Republican criticism","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_QX_VennztQB.jpg","coverCaption":"Joe Biden to pitch voting rights changes to Senate Democrats despite Republican criticism (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-13T04:00:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePresident Joe Biden will make a personal appeal to Senate Democrats to amend the chamber's rules\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDemocrats regard their voting rights bills as a last-ditch effort to stem the tide before the November elections\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presented a strategy on Wednesday to assure a debate on the Senate floor\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1642026511774,\\\"strCount\\\":3535,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"US President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet-377220/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden\u003c/a\u003e will make a personal appeal to Senate Democrats on Thursday to work together to amend the chamber's rules so that voting-rights legislation can be passed, a day after the Senate's top Republican launched a scathing attack on the proposal.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Former President Donald Trump's baseless assertions that his 2020 election setback was the product of voter fraud have sparked a wave of new voting restrictions in Republican-controlled states.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet-377220/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats regard their voting rights bills as a last-ditch effort to stem the tide before the November elections, when they fear losing their slim majority in both chambers of Congress.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presented a strategy on Wednesday to assure a debate on the Senate floor, after Republicans blocked three efforts last year.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"According to the proposal, which was revealed in a Schumer note to fellow Democrats seen by Reuters, the House of Representatives would shortly repackage and approve two election-related laws into one and send it to the Senate using a special mechanism that prevents Republicans from obstructing debate.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-calls-kamala-harris-president-during-speech-on-voting-rights-in-atlanta-watch-595753/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden calls Kamala Harris 'President' during speech on voting rights in Atlanta. Watch\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In the memo, Schumer added, \\\\\\\"We will finally have an opportunity to debate voting rights legislation – something that Republicans have thus far denied.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But, he warned, if Republicans remain unified in their opposition, even that bill will fail unless all Democrats agree to change the filibuster.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"To overcome Republican opposition, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-calls-kamala-harris-president-during-speech-on-voting-rights-in-atlanta-watch-595753/\\\\\\\"\u003eBiden\u003c/a\u003e asked the Senate to remove or modify the chamber's \\\\\\\"filibuster\\\\\\\" rules on Tuesday. Those rules currently need 60 of the 100 senators to agree on most bills, putting Democrats, who hold only 50 seats, at a disadvantage. The tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris gives them the majority.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/science/us-missed-its-climate-targets-as-greenhouse-emissions-rose-in-2021-report-546503/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS missed its climate targets as greenhouse emissions rose in 2021: Report\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Mitch McConnell, the minority leader in the United States Senate, retaliated in a Senate speech on Wednesday, labelling Biden's speech a \\\\\\\"rant\\\\\\\" that \\\\\\\"was incoherent, incorrect and beneath his office.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats are expected to be short on votes to support Biden's rule change, as two of their members are opposed to eliminating the filibuster, saying that doing so would result in policy revisions every time the balance of power in Congress moves.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/science/us-missed-its-climate-targets-as-greenhouse-emissions-rose-in-2021-report-546503/\\\\\\\"\u003eBiden\u003c/a\u003e will meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday\u0026nbsp; \\\\\\\"to discuss the urgent need to pass legislation to protect the constitutional right to vote and the integrity of our elections against un-American attacks based on the Big Lie, and to again underline that doing so requires changing the rules of the Senate,\\\\\\\" according to a White House official.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The term \\\\\\\"Big Lie\\\\\\\" refers to Trump's false assertions that his election loss was due to widespread fraud.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","photo":null,"username":"sucharita","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"Senate","slug":"senate","id":"Um5KTbuGxMjX","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"ChuckSchumer","slug":"chuckschumer","id":"3LLuFJAHBmmF","isSection":0},{"name":"MitchMcConnell","slug":"mitchmcconnell","id":"UWN6mnksnnkl","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","username":"sucharita","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-13T04:00:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"US President Joe Biden will make a personal appeal to Senate Democrats on Thursday to work together to amend the chamber's rules so that voting-rights legislation can be passed, a day after the Senate's top Republican launched a scathing attack on the proposal. Former President Donald Trump's baseless assertions that his 2020 election setback was the product of voter fraud have sparked a wave of new voting restrictions in Republican-controlled states. Also read: Joe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!,Democrats regard their voting rights bills as a last-ditch effort to stem the tide before the November elections, when they fear losing their slim majority in both chambers of Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presented a strategy on Wednesday to assure a debate on the Senate floor, after Republicans blocked three efforts last year. According to the proposal, which was revealed in a Schumer note to fellow Democrats seen by Reuters, the House of Representatives would shortly repackage and approve two election-related laws into one and send it to the Senate using a special mechanism that prevents Republicans from obstructing debate. Also read: Joe Biden calls Kamala Harris 'President' during speech on voting rights in Atlanta. Watch,In the memo, Schumer added, We will finally have an opportunity to debate voting rights legislation – something that Republicans have thus far denied. But, he warned, if Republicans remain unified in their opposition, even that bill will fail unless all Democrats agree to change the filibuster. To overcome Republican opposition, Biden asked the Senate to remove or modify the chamber's filibuster rules on Tuesday. Those rules currently need 60 of the 100 senators to agree on most bills, putting Democrats, who hold only 50 seats, at a disadvantage. The tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris gives them the majority. Also read: US missed its climate targets as greenhouse emissions rose in 2021: Report,Mitch McConnell, the minority leader in the United States Senate, retaliated in a Senate speech on Wednesday, labelling Biden's speech a rant that was incoherent, incorrect and beneath his office. Democrats are expected to be short on votes to support Biden's rule change, as two of their members are opposed to eliminating the filibuster, saying that doing so would result in policy revisions every time the balance of power in Congress moves. Biden will meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday to discuss the urgent need to pass legislation to protect the constitutional right to vote and the integrity of our elections against un-American attacks based on the Big Lie, and to again underline that doing so requires changing the rules of the Senate, according to a White House official. The term Big Lie refers to Trump's false assertions that his election loss was due to widespread fraud.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"voting rights, Joe Biden, Senate, legislation, Democrats, Republicans, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-12T09:30:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"jtlERP62Hd9U","slug":"joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet","slugV2":"usa/joe-biden-on-voting-rights-im-tired-of-being-quiet-377220/","title":"Joe Biden on voting rights: I'm tired of being quiet!","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_z-_V3MSy5OB.jpg","coverCaption":"US President Joe Biden. (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-12T04:02:56+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePresident Biden addressed a crowd in Atlanta today\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eHe spoke about voting rights and election reforms\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFollowing are some of the highlights from his speech\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1641940375744,\\\"strCount\\\":3148,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"US \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-calls-kamala-harris-president-during-speech-on-voting-rights-in-atlanta-watch-595753/\\\\\\\"\u003ePresident\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-backs-senate-rule-change-to-pass-voting-rights-bill-235156/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden \u003c/a\u003eon Tuesday addressed the people of Atlanta about voting rights and election reforms. Here are some of the highlights from his speech:\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"1.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"Sadly, the United States Senate, designed to be the world's greatest deliberative body, has been rendered a shell of its former self.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-calls-kamala-harris-president-during-speech-on-voting-rights-in-atlanta-watch-595753/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden calls Kamala Harris 'President' during speech on voting rights in Atlanta. Watch\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"2. \\\\\\\"It gives me no satisfaction in saying that, as an institutionalist, as a man who was honored to serve in the Senate. But as an institutionalist, I believe the threat to democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills, debate them, vote, let the majority prevail.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"3. \\\\\\\"And if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"I've been having these quiet conversations with members of Congress for the last two months. I'm tired of being quiet!\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-backs-senate-rule-change-to-pass-voting-rights-bill-235156/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden backs Senate rule change to pass voting rights bill\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"5. \\\\\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/kamala-harris-calls-out-republicans-for-stalling-voting-rights-legislation-143089/\\\\\\\"\u003eVice President\u003c/a\u003e and I have supported voting rights bills since day one of this administration, but every time Senate republicans have blocked the way.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"6.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"The right to have that vote and to have that vote counted is democracy's threshold liberty. Without it, nothing is possible. But with it, anything is possible. But while the denial of fair and free elections is undemocratic, it is not unprecedented.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"7.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"People are going to be judged: Where were they before and where were they after the vote. History is going to judge us. The risk is making sure people understand just how important it is.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"8.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"The Freedom to Vote Act takes on election subversion to protect nonpartisan electors, officials who are doing their job from intimidation and interference. We'll get dark money out of politics, create fair district maps and ending partisan gerrymandering.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/kamala-harris-calls-out-republicans-for-stalling-voting-rights-legislation-143089/\\\\\\\"\u003eKamala Harris calls out Republicans for stalling voting rights legislation\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"9.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"Today, I'm making it clear to protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. When it comes to protecting majority rule in America, the majority should rule in the United States Senate.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"10.\u0026nbsp;\\\\\\\"Today, we call on Congress to get done what history will judge. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act! Pass it now! Which should prevent voter suppression.\\\\\\\"\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Atlanta, GA, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","photo":null,"username":"sucharita","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Atlanta","slug":"atlanta","id":"teXnlcC6z4yK","isSection":0},{"name":"KamalaHarris","slug":"kamalaharris","id":"bjYDLQ4qnNAG","isSection":0},{"name":"USPresident","slug":"uspresident","id":"LlYfTOGlf1E7","isSection":0},{"name":"VicePresident","slug":"vicepresident","id":"uEiPOrnGbZ46","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0},{"name":"Senate","slug":"senate","id":"Um5KTbuGxMjX","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","username":"sucharita","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-12T04:02:54+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"US President Joe Biden on Tuesday addressed the people of Atlanta about voting rights and election reforms. Here are some of the highlights from his speech:,1. Sadly, the United States Senate, designed to be the world's greatest deliberative body, has been rendered a shell of its former self. Also read: Joe Biden calls Kamala Harris 'President' during speech on voting rights in Atlanta. Watch,2. It gives me no satisfaction in saying that, as an institutionalist, as a man who was honored to serve in the Senate. But as an institutionalist, I believe the threat to democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills, debate them, vote, let the majority prevail. 3. And if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this. 4. I've been having these quiet conversations with members of Congress for the last two months. I'm tired of being quiet!,Also read: Joe Biden backs Senate rule change to pass voting rights bill,5. The Vice President and I have supported voting rights bills since day one of this administration, but every time Senate republicans have blocked the way. 6. The right to have that vote and to have that vote counted is democracy's threshold liberty. Without it, nothing is possible. But with it, anything is possible. But while the denial of fair and free elections is undemocratic, it is not unprecedented. 7. People are going to be judged: Where were they before and where were they after the vote. History is going to judge us. The risk is making sure people understand just how important it is. 8. The Freedom to Vote Act takes on election subversion to protect nonpartisan electors, officials who are doing their job from intimidation and interference. We'll get dark money out of politics, create fair district maps and ending partisan gerrymandering. Also read: Kamala Harris calls out Republicans for stalling voting rights legislation,9. Today, I'm making it clear to protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. When it comes to protecting majority rule in America, the majority should rule in the United States Senate. 10. Today, we call on Congress to get done what history will judge. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act! Pass it now! Which should prevent voter suppression.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"33.749","longitude":"-84.388","name":"Atlanta, GA, USA","city":"Atlanta"},"keywords":"Joe Bidem, voting right, Kamala Harris, Senate, Republicans, Democrats, Atlanta speech, Atlanta address","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-12T04:02:54+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"VKnUJBZP2QIA","slug":"joe-biden-calls-kamala-harris-president-during-speech-on-voting-rights-in-atlanta-watch","slugV2":"usa/joe-biden-calls-kamala-harris-president-during-speech-on-voting-rights-in-atlanta-watch-595753/","title":"Joe Biden calls Kamala Harris 'President' during speech on voting rights in Atlanta. 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However, what really caught social media users' attention was that he referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as 'President Harris' once during the speech.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/anthony-fauci-again-in-altercation-with-rand-paul-during-a-congressional-hearing-478695/\\\\\\\"\u003eAnthony Fauci again in altercation with Rand Paul during a Congressional hearing\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden and Harris were in Georgia to endorse changing\u0026nbsp;Senate rules\u0026nbsp;that have stalled\u0026nbsp;voting rights legislation. During the speech, Biden said that he had been having quiet conversations with Senators over the two bills up for debate that have been stalled because there aren't enough Republican votes to move them past \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/kamala-harris-calls-out-republicans-for-stalling-voting-rights-legislation-143089/\\\\\\\"\u003efilibuster to votes.\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“I’m tired of being quiet!\\\\\\\" he said while pounding the podium. \\\\\\\"I will not yield. I will not flinch,\\\\\\\" in the effort to protect democracy.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/us-president-joe-biden-to-back-filibuster-changes-to-push-voting-rights-bill-309133/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However, at some point during the speech, Biden referred to Harris as the president. People soon took to Twitter to point out the slip-up.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Is there a speech where Biden DOESN’T accidentally call Kamala Harris the President?\\\\\\\" one person asked.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"How many times is Biden going to call Kamala \\\\\\\"President Harris\\\\\\\" during his speech today?\\\\\\\" another user commented.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eWatch the video here:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"twitter\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1481012933127716866\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"RNCResearch/status/1481012933127716866\\\",\\\"width\\\":520,\\\"height\\\":300,\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":173.33333333333334}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-backs-senate-rule-change-to-pass-voting-rights-bill-235156/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden backs Senate rule change to pass voting rights bill\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Incidentally, this is not the first time that Biden\u0026nbsp;has referred to Harris as the president. While delivering a speech at South Carolina State University last year, Biden said,\u0026nbsp;“… all kidding aside, of course, President Harris, who’s a proud Howard alum, she might have something to say about Delaware State.\\\\\\\"\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Atlanta, GA, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IhwUkQGyI.jpg","username":"VaishnaviVaidyanathan","id":"YBsZsSLCYUlz","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"KamalaHarris","slug":"kamalaharris","id":"bjYDLQ4qnNAG","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"ViralVideo","slug":"viralvideo","id":"RHzdqzlRNFFO","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan","id":"YBsZsSLCYUlz","username":"VaishnaviVaidyanathan","role":1,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-12T03:55:10+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"US President Joe Biden told a crowd in Atlanta on Tuesday that he supports changing Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation. However, what really caught social media users' attention was that he referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as 'President Harris' once during the speech. ,Also read: Anthony Fauci again in altercation with Rand Paul during a Congressional hearing,Biden and Harris were in Georgia to endorse changing Senate rules that have stalled voting rights legislation. During the speech, Biden said that he had been having quiet conversations with Senators over the two bills up for debate that have been stalled because there aren't enough Republican votes to move them past filibuster to votes. “I’m tired of being quiet! he said while pounding the podium. I will not yield. I will not flinch, in the effort to protect democracy. Also read: US President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill,However, at some point during the speech, Biden referred to Harris as the president. People soon took to Twitter to point out the slip-up. Is there a speech where Biden DOESN’T accidentally call Kamala Harris the President? one person asked. ,How many times is Biden going to call Kamala President Harris during his speech today? another user commented. ,Watch the video here: ,Also Read: Joe Biden backs Senate rule change to pass voting rights bill,Incidentally, this is not the first time that Biden has referred to Harris as the president. While delivering a speech at South Carolina State University last year, Biden said, “… all kidding aside, of course, President Harris, who’s a proud Howard alum, she might have something to say about Delaware State.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"33.749","longitude":"-84.388","name":"Atlanta, GA, USA","city":"Atlanta"},"keywords":"Joe Biden calls Kamala Harris President, Biden calls Harris President, Joe Biden, Biden Atlanta speech, Biden voting rights speech,","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-12T03:55:10+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"4nAJY4rqEDwl","slug":"kamala-harris-calls-out-republicans-for-stalling-voting-rights-legislation","slugV2":"usa/kamala-harris-calls-out-republicans-for-stalling-voting-rights-legislation-143089/","title":"Kamala Harris calls out Republicans for stalling voting rights legislation","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_HrauTXwNa.jpg","coverCaption":"US Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-12T03:40:36+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eKamala Harris chastised Republicans for stalling voting rights legislation\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eShe accused them of \"exploiting\" filibuster rules to prevent legislation from being passed\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eHarris urged for speedy passage of two critical voting rights laws\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1641939036627,\\\"strCount\\\":2663,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/justice-department-creating-unit-focused-on-domestic-terrorism-300416/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS\u003c/a\u003e Vice President Kamala Harris chastised Republicans for stalling voting rights legislation, accusing them of \\\\\\\"exploiting\\\\\\\" filibuster rules to prevent legislation from being passed.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“The Constitution of the United States gives the Congress the power to pass legislation,” Harris said in \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-backs-senate-rule-change-to-pass-voting-rights-bill-235156/\\\\\\\"\u003eAtlanta\u003c/a\u003e. “And nowhere, nowhere does the Constitution give a minority the right to unilaterally block legislation. 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The American people have waited long enough.”,Also read: Joe Biden backs Senate rule change to pass voting rights bill,President Biden is scheduled to lay out what modifications he favours to the filibuster rules to allow voting rights legislation, and Harris' words functioned as a prologue to his speech. After a Supreme Court ruling that rolled back provisions, Harris urged for speedy passage of two critical voting rights laws. “That is why we have come to Atlanta today, to the cradle of the civil rights movement to the district that was represented by the great Congressman John Lewis,” Harris said. Also read: Justice Department creating unit focused on domestic terrorism,Harris added, in a direct shot at Republicans who dismiss Democratic initiatives on voting rights as partisan games, “My fellow Americans, do not succumb to those who would dismiss this assault on voting rights as an unfounded threat, would wave this off as a partisan game.”,“The assault on our freedom to vote will be felt by every American in every community in every political party,” she added. Finally, Harris stated that party leaders cannot tell their children that they failed to pass legislation because a Senate rule stands in the way of our most fundamental freedom. Instead, let us tell them that we stood together as people of conscience and courage.”,Also read: Fed's Jerome Powell: Inflation poses a major threat to job market,She said in conclusion, “Let us tell them, we acted with the urgency that this moment demands and let us tell them we secured the freedom to vote that we ensured free and fair elections, and we safeguarded our democracy because then and their children.”","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"33.749","longitude":"-84.388","name":"Atlanta, GA, USA","city":"Atlanta"},"keywords":"Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, voting rights, Atlanta, Republicans, Senate, Supreme Court, DemocratsUS, ","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-12T03:40:35+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"cAtmupkthKZm","slug":"joe-biden-backs-senate-rule-change-to-pass-voting-rights-bill","slugV2":"usa/joe-biden-backs-senate-rule-change-to-pass-voting-rights-bill-235156/","title":"Joe Biden backs Senate rule change to pass voting rights bill","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_QX_VennztQB.jpg","coverCaption":"US President Joe Biden. 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Something states can respect or ignore,\" he said\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBiden was speaking in Atlanta about voting rights and election reform\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1641938054527,\\\"strCount\\\":2429,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/anthony-fauci-again-in-altercation-with-rand-paul-during-a-congressional-hearing-478695/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS\u003c/a\u003e President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/us-president-joe-biden-to-back-filibuster-changes-to-push-voting-rights-bill-309133/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden\u003c/a\u003e, speaking in Atlanta about voting rights and election reform, took aim at \\\\\\\"Republican legislators in several states\\\\\\\" who \\\\\\\"have already announced plans to escalate the onslaught\\\\\\\" on voting this year by introducing new legislation restricting voting in their jurisdictions.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/anthony-fauci-again-in-altercation-with-rand-paul-during-a-congressional-hearing-478695/\\\\\\\"\u003eAnthony Fauci again in altercation with Rand Paul during a Congressional hearing\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Their end game, to turn the will of the voters into a mere suggestion. Something states can respect or ignore. Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things: voter suppression and election subversion. It's no longer about who gets to vote. It's about making it harder to vote. It's about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all. It's not hyperbole. This is a fact,\\\\\\\" Biden said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Former President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/new-york-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-donald-trump-546702/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e and his allies, he claims, want to \\\\\\\"disenfranchise anyone who votes against them.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/us-president-joe-biden-to-back-filibuster-changes-to-push-voting-rights-bill-309133/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden referred to the January insurgency at the US Capitol as a \\\\\\\"before and after\\\\\\\" moment, saying that now is the time for Americans to \\\\\\\"confront hard truths\\\\\\\" and figure out how to move forward in order to preserve American democracy.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"In our lives — in the life of our nation — there are moments so stark that they divide all that came before and everything that followed,\\\\\\\" Biden said. \\\\\\\"They rip away the trivial from the essential, and they force us to confront hard truths about ourselves, about our institutions and about our democracy.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/new-york-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-donald-trump-546702/\\\\\\\"\u003eNew York man arrested for threatening to kill Donald Trump\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Today we come to Atlanta, the cradle of civil rights, to make clear what must come after that dreadful day, when a dagger was literally held at the throat of American democracy,\\\\\\\" he added.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Atlanta, GA, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","photo":null,"username":"sucharita","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Atlanta","slug":"atlanta","id":"teXnlcC6z4yK","isSection":0},{"name":"Voting","slug":"voting","id":"LbJnt4LRtJmV","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"Democrats","slug":"democrats","id":"Vmz6UbCXmH4g","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"USPresident","slug":"uspresident","id":"LlYfTOGlf1E7","isSection":0},{"name":"DonaldTrump","slug":"donaldtrump","id":"2BkYVqd4njLi","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","username":"sucharita","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-12T03:24:13+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"US President Joe Biden, speaking in Atlanta about voting rights and election reform, took aim at Republican legislators in several states who have already announced plans to escalate the onslaught on voting this year by introducing new legislation restricting voting in their jurisdictions. Also read: Anthony Fauci again in altercation with Rand Paul during a Congressional hearing,Their end game, to turn the will of the voters into a mere suggestion. Something states can respect or ignore. Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things: voter suppression and election subversion. It's no longer about who gets to vote. It's about making it harder to vote. It's about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all. It's not hyperbole. This is a fact, Biden said. Former President Donald Trump and his allies, he claims, want to disenfranchise anyone who votes against them. Also read: US President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill,Biden referred to the January insurgency at the US Capitol as a before and after moment, saying that now is the time for Americans to confront hard truths and figure out how to move forward in order to preserve American democracy. In our lives — in the life of our nation — there are moments so stark that they divide all that came before and everything that followed, Biden said. They rip away the trivial from the essential, and they force us to confront hard truths about ourselves, about our institutions and about our democracy. Also read: New York man arrested for threatening to kill Donald Trump,Today we come to Atlanta, the cradle of civil rights, to make clear what must come after that dreadful day, when a dagger was literally held at the throat of American democracy, he added.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"33.749","longitude":"-84.388","name":"Atlanta, GA, USA","city":"Atlanta"},"keywords":"Joe Biden, Senate rule change, voting rights, Donald Trump, Atlanta Biden address, Republicans, Democrats","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-12T03:24:13+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"G97ZGSBShUn2","slug":"us-president-joe-biden-to-back-filibuster-changes-to-push-voting-rights-bill","slugV2":"world/us-president-joe-biden-to-back-filibuster-changes-to-push-voting-rights-bill-309133/","title":"US President Joe Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_QX_VennztQB.jpg","coverCaption":"US President Joe Biden. (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-11T17:46:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePresident Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe rules have stalled \u0026nbsp;the voting rights legislation\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBiden on Tuesday will also pay tribute to civil rights battles of the past\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1641902203489,\\\"strCount\\\":6942,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/joebiden/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden\u003c/a\u003e will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/votingrights/\\\\\\\"\u003evoting rights\u003c/a\u003e legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy over autocracy.” But some civil rights groups won’t be there, in protest of what they say is administration inaction.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden on Tuesday will pay tribute to civil rights battles past — visiting Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the late Rev. 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I know where I stand. I will not yield. I will not flinch,” he'll say, according to prepared remarks. “I will defend your right to vote and our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic. And so the question is where will the institution of United States Senate stand?”\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"A White House official, previewing the speech on the condition of anonymity, said Biden would voice support for changing the Senate filibuster rules to ensure the right to vote is defended — a strategy Democrats have been looking to the president to embrace.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/gop-steps-up-bid-to-persuade-hogan-to-run-for-senate-in-md-348000/\\\\\\\"\u003eGOP steps up bid to persuade Hogan to run for Senate in Maryland\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Some voting rights advocates planned to boycott the speech and instead spend the day working. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, known for her untiring voting rights work, also was skipping the event. 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He’s given a range of speeches, he’s advocated for voting rights to pass,” she said. “We understand the frustration by many advocates that this is not passed into law, yet. He would love to have signed this into law himself.”\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But laws have already passed in at least 19 states that make it more difficult to vote. 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The state’s votes nonetheless went to Biden, and both of its Senate seats went to Democrats as well.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Then last year, the Republican governor signed a sweeping rewrite of election rules that, among other things, gives the State Election Board new powers to intervene in county election offices and to remove and replace local election officials. 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Biden on Tuesday will pay tribute to civil rights battles past — visiting Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once held forth from the pulpit, and placing a wreath at the crypt of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King — before turning to today's challenge. Also read: US and Russia hold talks amid Ukraine tensions,With Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. setting up Martin Luther King Jr. Day as the deadline to either pass voting legislation or consider revising the rules, Biden is expected to evoke the memories of the U.S. Capitol riot a year ago in more forcefully aligning himself with the effort. Biden plans to tell his audience, “The next few days, when these bills come to a vote, will mark a turning point in this nation.”,“Will we choose democracy over autocracy, light over shadow, justice over injustice? I know where I stand. I will not yield. I will not flinch,” he'll say, according to prepared remarks. “I will defend your right to vote and our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic. And so the question is where will the institution of United States Senate stand?”,A White House official, previewing the speech on the condition of anonymity, said Biden would voice support for changing the Senate filibuster rules to ensure the right to vote is defended — a strategy Democrats have been looking to the president to embrace. Also read: GOP steps up bid to persuade Hogan to run for Senate in Maryland,Some voting rights advocates planned to boycott the speech and instead spend the day working. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, known for her untiring voting rights work, also was skipping the event. Aides said Abrams had a conflict but didn’t explain further. “We’re beyond speeches. At this point, what we need, what we are demanding, is federal legislation,” said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Votes Matter. And it can’t happen soon enough, she said. So far, Democrats have been unable to agree among themselves over potential changes to the Senate filibuster rules to allow action on voting rights, despite months of private negotiations. Biden in the past has waded more cautiously into the debate — he is a former longtime senator who largely stands by existing rules but is also under enormous political pressure to engineer a breakthrough. Voting rights advocates in Georgia and nationwide are increasingly anxious about what may happen in 2022 and beyond, following enactment of Republican-pushed laws that make it harder to vote coming off Donald Trump’s loss in 2020 and his subsequent push to overturn the results, despite no evidence of widespread fraud. Also read: New York man arrested for threatening to kill Donald Trump,Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who is senior pastor of the church Biden will visit and who made history as the first Black senator elected in Georgia, said ahead of the speech that “anything that can happen that will continue to shine a bright light on the urgency of this issue is important.”,Warnock planned to travel with Biden to Georgia on Tuesday. He said he believes Biden understands that “democracy itself is imperiled by this all-out assault that we’ve been witnessing by state legislatures all across the country, and this is a moral moment. Everybody must show up.”,White House press secretary Jen Psaki rejected some activists' complaints that Biden hasn’t been a strong enough advocate. “I think we would dispute the notion that the president hasn’t been active or vocal. He’s given a range of speeches, he’s advocated for voting rights to pass,” she said. “We understand the frustration by many advocates that this is not passed into law, yet. He would love to have signed this into law himself.”,But laws have already passed in at least 19 states that make it more difficult to vote. Voting rights groups view the changes as a subtler form of the ballot restrictions like literacy tests and poll taxes once used to disenfranchise Black voters, now a key Democratic constituency. And Republicans who have fallen in line behind Trump’s election misinformation are separately promoting efforts to influence future elections by installing sympathetic leaders in local election posts and backing for elective office some of those who participated in the violent Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol a year ago. Georgia is at the center of it all, one of the key battleground states in the 2020 elections. As the votes were being recounted, Trump told a top state election official he wanted the official to “find” enough votes to overturn his loss. The state’s votes nonetheless went to Biden, and both of its Senate seats went to Democrats as well. Then last year, the Republican governor signed a sweeping rewrite of election rules that, among other things, gives the State Election Board new powers to intervene in county election offices and to remove and replace local election officials. That has led to concerns that the Republican-controlled state board could exert more influence over the administration of elections, including the certification of county results. The Georgia voting activists said they worked tirelessly to give Democrats control of the Senate and White House, and it’s time for Washington to step up. Congressional Democrats, for their part, have written voting legislation that would usher in the biggest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation by striking down hurdles to voting enacted in the name of election security, reducing the influence of big money in politics and limiting partisan influence over the drawing of congressional districts. The package would create national election standards that would trump state-level GOP laws. It would also restore the ability of the Justice Department to police election laws in states with a history of discrimination. But to pass the legislation — which Republicans have outright rejected -- the Democrats say they must change the Senate rules that allow a minority of 41 senators to block a bill. “The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic,” Schumer wrote to his colleagues. “Over the coming weeks, the Senate will once again consider how to perfect this union and confront the historic challenges facing our democracy.”","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Joe Biden, Georgia, US Senate, Voting rights, filibuster","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-11T17:45:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"TZVy1Tbo71jj","slug":"new-york-citys-new-law-to-allow-non-citizens-access-to-ballot-box","slugV2":"world/new-york-citys-new-law-to-allow-non-citizens-access-to-ballot-box-567428/","title":"New York City's new law to allow non-citizens access to ballot box","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_Wh6WRG3Xi.jpg","coverCaption":"New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference. 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Unless a judge halts its implementation, New York City is now the most populous city in the United States to grant voting rights to noncitizens.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"More than a dozen communities across the U.S. already allow noncitizens to cast ballots in local elections, including 11 towns in Maryland and two in Vermont.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Board of Elections must now begin drawing an implementation plan by July, including voter registration rules and provisions that would create separate ballots for municipal races to prevent noncitizens from casting ballots in federal and state contests.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/offbeat/new-york-teacher-injects-teenager-with-at-home-vaccine-gets-arrested-126403/\\\\\\\"\u003eNew York teacher injects teenager with 'at home vaccine', gets arrested\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"It's a watershed moment for a city where legally documented, voting-age noncitizens comprise nearly one in nine of the city's 7 million voting-age inhabitants. The movement to win voting rights for noncitizens prevailed after numerous setbacks.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The measure would allow noncitizens who have been lawful permanent residents of the city for at least 30 days, as well as those authorized to work in the U.S., including so-called \\\\\\\"Dreamers,\\\\\\\" to help select the city's mayor, city council members, borough presidents, comptroller and public advocate.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Dreamers\\\\\\\" are young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who benefit from the DREAM Act or DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which allows them to remain in the country if they meet certain criteria.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/business/reliance-mandarin-oriental-all-about-the-new-manhattan-hotel-deal-339791/\\\\\\\"\u003eReliance- Mandarin Oriental: All about the new Manhattan hotel deal\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The first elections in which noncitizens would be allowed to vote won't be until 2023.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"We build a stronger democracy when we include the voices of immigrants,\\\\\\\" said former City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, who led the charge to win approval for the legislation. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Rodriguez, who Adams appointed as his transportation commissioner, thanked the mayor for his support and expects a vigorous defense against any legal challenges.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Noncitizens still wouldn't be able to vote for president or members of Congress in federal races, or in the state elections that pick the governor, judges and legislators.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Adams recently cast uncertainty over the legislation when he raised concern about the monthlong residency standard, but later said those concerns did not mean he would veto the bill.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"While there was some question whether Adams could stop the bill from becoming law, the 30-day time limit for the mayor to take action expired at the stroke of midnight.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Adams said he looked forward to the law bringing millions more into the democratic process.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/alvin-bragg-sworn-in-as-manhattan-da-taking-over-donald-trump-case-603967/\\\\\\\"\u003eAlvin Bragg sworn in as Manhattan DA, taking over Donald Trump case\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"I believe that New Yorkers should have a say in their government, which is why I have and will continue to support this important legislation,\\\\\\\" Adams said in a statement released Saturday night. He added that his earlier concerns were put at ease after what he called productive dialogue with colleagues.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Former Mayor Bill de Blasio had similar concerns but did not move to veto the measure before vacating City Hall at the end of the year.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"A legal challenge is likely. Opponents say the council lacks the authority on its own to grant voting rights to noncitizens and should have first sought action by state lawmakers.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Some states including Alabama, Arizona, Colorado and Florida have adopted rules that would preempt any attempts to pass laws like the one in New York City. \\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"New York, NY, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"NewYorkCity","slug":"newyorkcity","id":"BJPuGHOkqnSC","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"EricAdams","slug":"ericadams","id":"R9e7cPjwYoGK","isSection":0},{"name":"NewYork","slug":"newyork","id":"ZXs8JjMQ5noW","isSection":0},{"name":"mayor","slug":"mayor","id":"gYLyEBKqAHkg","isSection":0},{"name":"Election","slug":"election","id":"tS56lcuz9H09","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ","isSection":0},{"name":"International","slug":"international","id":"NYS6J2BBfSdS","isSection":0},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8","isSection":1}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress","role":8,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-09T15:00:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"More than 800,000 noncitizens and so-called Dreamers in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early as next year — after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation approved by the City Council a month ago to automatically become law on Sunday. Opponents have vowed to challenge the new law. Unless a judge halts its implementation, New York City is now the most populous city in the United States to grant voting rights to noncitizens. More than a dozen communities across the U.S. already allow noncitizens to cast ballots in local elections, including 11 towns in Maryland and two in Vermont. The Board of Elections must now begin drawing an implementation plan by July, including voter registration rules and provisions that would create separate ballots for municipal races to prevent noncitizens from casting ballots in federal and state contests. Also Read: New York teacher injects teenager with 'at home vaccine', gets arrested,It's a watershed moment for a city where legally documented, voting-age noncitizens comprise nearly one in nine of the city's 7 million voting-age inhabitants. The movement to win voting rights for noncitizens prevailed after numerous setbacks. The measure would allow noncitizens who have been lawful permanent residents of the city for at least 30 days, as well as those authorized to work in the U.S. including so-called Dreamers, to help select the city's mayor, city council members, borough presidents, comptroller and public advocate. Dreamers are young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who benefit from the DREAM Act or DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which allows them to remain in the country if they meet certain criteria. Also Read: Reliance- Mandarin Oriental: All about the new Manhattan hotel deal,The first elections in which noncitizens would be allowed to vote won't be until 2023. We build a stronger democracy when we include the voices of immigrants, said former City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, who led the charge to win approval for the legislation. ,Rodriguez, who Adams appointed as his transportation commissioner, thanked the mayor for his support and expects a vigorous defense against any legal challenges. Noncitizens still wouldn't be able to vote for president or members of Congress in federal races, or in the state elections that pick the governor, judges and legislators. Adams recently cast uncertainty over the legislation when he raised concern about the monthlong residency standard, but later said those concerns did not mean he would veto the bill. While there was some question whether Adams could stop the bill from becoming law, the 30-day time limit for the mayor to take action expired at the stroke of midnight. Adams said he looked forward to the law bringing millions more into the democratic process. Also Read: Alvin Bragg sworn in as Manhattan DA, taking over Donald Trump case,I believe that New Yorkers should have a say in their government, which is why I have and will continue to support this important legislation, Adams said in a statement released Saturday night. He added that his earlier concerns were put at ease after what he called productive dialogue with colleagues. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio had similar concerns but did not move to veto the measure before vacating City Hall at the end of the year. A legal challenge is likely. Opponents say the council lacks the authority on its own to grant voting rights to noncitizens and should have first sought action by state lawmakers. Some states including Alabama, Arizona, Colorado and Florida have adopted rules that would preempt any attempts to pass laws like the one in New York City.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"40.7128","longitude":"-74.006","name":"New York, NY, USA","city":"New York City"},"keywords":"New York City, voting rights, ballot box, Eric Adams, City Council","originalPublishedOn":"2022-01-09T15:00:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"4BLIYeNGuIyj","slug":"us-senate-may-vote-to-change-filibuster-rules-soon-democrat-chuck-schumer","slugV2":"world/us-senate-may-vote-to-change-filibuster-rules-soon-democrat-chuck-schumer-139605/","title":"US Senate may vote to change filibuster rules soon: Democrat Chuck Schumer","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_Eytx_APx6dD.jpg","coverCaption":"Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer. (Photo Credit: Associated Press)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-01-04T09:00:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSchumer said the US Senate \"must evolve\"\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe change is expected by January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe filibuster requires Democrats to mount the 60 votes\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1641265650015,\\\"strCount\\\":2451,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"United States Senate may be looking at some changes in its legislative proceedings. Democrat lawmaker and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said the body may soon vote to ease \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-to-outline-a-plan-to-fundamentally-alter-the-filibuster-678892/\\\\\\\"\u003efilibuster rules. \u003c/a\u003eThe announcement comes days before the one-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol storming.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Schumer, a US Senator from New York, said the Senate should vote to change the rule by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on January 17. 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Now the two Democrats' colleagues are working on ways to change the filibuster so at least this legislation could pass, Associated Press reported.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"(With AP inputs)\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"ChuckSchumer","slug":"chuckschumer","id":"3LLuFJAHBmmF","isSection":0},{"name":"USSenate","slug":"ussenate","id":"1awmCmIjhk9L","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ","isSection":0},{"name":"USCapitol","slug":"uscapitol","id":"vZ9rrIKWPrzP","isSection":0},{"name":"International","slug":"international","id":"NYS6J2BBfSdS","isSection":0},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8","isSection":1}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","username":"amanbutani1975","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-01-04T09:00:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"United States Senate may be looking at some changes in its legislative proceedings. Democrat lawmaker and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said the body may soon vote to ease filibuster rules. The announcement comes days before the one-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol storming. Schumer, a US Senator from New York, said the Senate should vote to change the rule by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on January 17. The legislative body must evolve, Schumer said. The United States Senate must advance systemic democracy reforms to repair our republic or else the events of that day will not be an aberration — they will be the new norm, Schumer said in an in-party letter, according to reports from Associated Press. He further cited the January 6 riots at the Capitol complex calling it a way to delegitimize the voting process of America. The move comes as the Democratic party struggles to push the election and voting rights package through the equally split Senate, mainly due to the filibuster. The rule requires Democratic lawmakers to mount the 60 votes needed to advance it toward passage. ,According to reports from Associated Press, two key Democratic holdouts -- Senator Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema-- would need to vote on party lines in order to amend the filibuster. However, both lawmakers have made it clear they are unwilling to go that far. Republican lawmakers, including Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, have made attempts to keep the two Democratic holdouts on their side, blocking the Democrats' dominance in the Senate. But despite their reluctance on major filibuster changes, Manchin and Sinema both support the election legislation. In fact, Manchin helped craft the latest package in an unsuccessful effort to win Republican support. Now the two Democrats' colleagues are working on ways to change the filibuster so at least this legislation could pass, Associated Press reported. 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(Photo credit: File/ AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-11-06T01:20:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUniversity of Florida president Kent Fuchs announced the decision in a letter to the campus\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe university had last month prohibited 3 professors from testifying in the Florida election law lawsuit\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe University of Florida's president answers to its board of trustees\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1636138888436,\\\"strCount\\\":2961,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/universityofflorida/\\\\\\\"\u003eUniversity of Florida\u003c/a\u003e has reversed its position on the testimony of three of its professors in a \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/lawsuit/\\\\\\\"\u003elawsuit\u003c/a\u003e challenging a new state election law. 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The University said on Friday that it will allow its professors to testify as experts in the lawsuit. University president Kent Fuchs said in a letter to the campus that he is asking the office responsible for approving professors' outside work to greenlight their request to serve as expert witnesses in the litigation while adding that the outside work would have to be on the professors' own time and not use university resources, the Associated Press reported. Attorneys representing the professors said they were assessing their options following the reversal. While the University of Florida reversed course and allowed our clients to testify in this particular case, the fact remains that the university curtailed their First Amendment rights and academic freedoms, and as long as the university's policy remains, those rights and freedoms are at risk, David O'Neil and Paul Donnelly were quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The university had last month prohibited Dan Smith, Michael McDonald, and Sharon Austin from testifying in the election law lawsuit brought by civic groups, saying that such testimony would put the school in conflict with the administration of state Governor Ron DeSantis. The reversal of the decision came after the union for faculty members urged donors to withhold contributions and scholars and artists to turn down invitations to campus until university administrators affirmed the free speech rights of school employees. Not allowing them to testify would be an attack on all of us, said Paul Ortiz, the president of the union chapter at the university. Ortiz called the reversal, a really positive step forward, and said the union chapter's executive committee will meet to decide how to proceed. I'm delighted to see this. We want some kind of guarantee that this isn't going to be on a case-by-case basis — if another faculty member says, 'I want to engage in this type of activity,' that we aren't going to end up back in the same place, Ortiz said. The union also had asked the university to issue an apology, affirm its support for voting rights and declare that the school's mission is for the public good. The University of Florida's president answers to its board of trustees, which has six members appointed by the governor and five appointed by the state university system's board of governors. The board of governors, in turn, has 17 members, 14 of whom are appointed by the Florida governor and confirmed by the state Senate. These offices have been in Republican hands for many years.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"27.6648","longitude":"-81.5158","name":"Florida, USA","city":"Florida"},"keywords":"University of Florida, Florida election lawsuit, voting rights lawsuit in Florida, University of Florida controversy","originalPublishedOn":"2021-11-06T01:20:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"nvVFQadOnCGP","slug":"biden-administration-sues-texas-over-new-voting-restrictions","slugV2":"world/biden-administration-sues-texas-over-new-voting-restrictions-453007/","title":"Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_FO5w58ccDQz.jpg","coverCaption":" Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. 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Greg Abbott in Texas, which already has some of the nation's toughest voting rules. It instead targets provisions surrounding mail-in voting requirements and voter assistance, which the Justice Department argues violate federal civil rights protections.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-to-cocoon-last-of-hanford-plutonium-production-reactors-619875/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS to 'cocoon' last of Hanford plutonium production reactors\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“Our democracy depends on the right of eligible voters to cast a ballot and to have that ballot counted,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. ”The Justice Department will continue to use all the authorities at its disposal to protect this fundamental pillar of our society.”\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Opponents of the Texas law known as Senate Bill 1 had already sued the state, accusing Republicans of setting out to disenfranchise minorities and other Democratic-leaning voters.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Abbott and other Texas Republicans say the changes provide safeguards against voter fraud, which is rare.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u0026nbsp; Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/entertainment/natalie-wood-was-sexually-assaulted-by-kirk-douglas-sister-alleges-114131/\\\\\\\"\u003eNatalie Wood was sexually assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“Biden is coming after Texas for SB1, our recently enacted election integrity law,” Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted. 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Both those efforts have stalled, including another attempt Wednesday.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Also read:\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/heartbroken-by-rust-incident-dwayne-johnson-pledges-no-real-guns-on-set-375033/\\\\\\\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;Heartbroken by 'Rust' incident, Dwayne Johnson pledges no real guns on set\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Texas is among at least 18 states that have enacted new voting restrictions since the 2020 election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. The laws are part of a national GOP campaign, including in Florida, Georgia and Arizona, to tighten voting laws in the name of security, partly driven by former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Trump has called on Abbott to audit the election results in Texas, even though he won the state.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Yash Bajaj","photo":null,"username":"yash6711","id":"0f9O2vXwZhEr","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"GregAbbott","slug":"gregabbott","id":"ZNY0Juvycj2F","isSection":0},{"name":"Texas","slug":"texas","id":"5XE2gabHzcdC","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8","isSection":1},{"name":"MerrickGarland","slug":"merrickgarland","id":"VeQSz6PN38oQ","isSection":0},{"name":"DepartmentOfJustice","slug":"departmentofjustice","id":"LWbRuRejLCHP","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress","role":8,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-11-05T04:35:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats, who face fading hopes of overhauling the nation's election laws in response to a wave of new restrictions in Republican-led states. The lawsuit does not challenge the entirety of a sweeping measure signed in September by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas, which already has some of the nation's toughest voting rules. It instead targets provisions surrounding mail-in voting requirements and voter assistance, which the Justice Department argues violate federal civil rights protections. Also read: US to 'cocoon' last of Hanford plutonium production reactors,“Our democracy depends on the right of eligible voters to cast a ballot and to have that ballot counted,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. ”The Justice Department will continue to use all the authorities at its disposal to protect this fundamental pillar of our society.”,Opponents of the Texas law known as Senate Bill 1 had already sued the state, accusing Republicans of setting out to disenfranchise minorities and other Democratic-leaning voters. Abbott and other Texas Republicans say the changes provide safeguards against voter fraud, which is rare. Also read: Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges,“Biden is coming after Texas for SB1, our recently enacted election integrity law,” Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted. It’s a great and a much-needed bill. Ensuring Texas has safe, secure, and transparent elections is a top priority of mine. I will see you in court, Biden!,The legislation in Texas set off a summer of walkouts by Democrats, for which Republicans threatened them with arrest, and Abbott vetoed the paychecks of thousands of rank-and-file staffers when the bill failed to reach him sooner. At one point, more than 50 Democratic lawmakers decamped to Washington, bringing the Texas Capitol to a grinding halt for 38 days. Democrats had hoped to pressure Congress into passing new voting rights protections at the federal level. Both those efforts have stalled, including another attempt Wednesday. Also read: Heartbroken by 'Rust' incident, Dwayne Johnson pledges no real guns on set,Texas is among at least 18 states that have enacted new voting restrictions since the 2020 election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. The laws are part of a national GOP campaign, including in Florida, Georgia and Arizona, to tighten voting laws in the name of security, partly driven by former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen. Trump has called on Abbott to audit the election results in Texas, even though he won the state.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Texas, Joe Biden, Voting, Greg Abbott, Merrick Garland","originalPublishedOn":"2021-11-05T04:35:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"AVjn1vFkbul3","slug":"gop-uses-voters-to-push-election-reforms-in-unlikely-states","slugV2":"usa/gop-uses-voters-to-push-election-reforms-in-unlikely-states-209938/","title":"GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_g_2EiYCFC.jpg","coverCaption":"In this Oct. 12, 2021 file photo, rally-goers protest at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-10-24T03:02:46+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRepublicans have succeeded this year in passing a range of voting restrictions in states they control politically\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRepublicans say they are pursuing the changes in the name of “election integrity\"\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDemocrats dismiss it as the GOP following Donald Trump's\u0026nbsp;false claims that widespread fraud cost him the election\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1635024704681,\\\"strCount\\\":8605,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e have succeeded this year in passing a range of voting restrictions in states they control politically, from Georgia to Iowa to \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/votingrights/\\\\\\\"\u003eTexas\u003c/a\u003e. They're not stopping there.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor's office, the legislature or both — \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/california/\\\\\\\"\u003eCalifornia\u003c/a\u003e, Massachusetts, Michigan and Pennsylvania — are pursuing statewide ballot initiatives or veto-proof proposals to enact voter ID restrictions and other changes to election law.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read |\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-senate-republicans-block-voting-rights-reform-bill-513889/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In another state, Nebraska, Republicans control the governor's office and have a majority in the single-house legislature, but are pushing a voter ID ballot measure because they have been unable to get enough lawmakers on board.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans say they are pursuing the changes in the name of “election integrity,\\\\\\\" and repeat similar slogans — “easier to vote, harder to cheat.” \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democraticparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e dismiss it as the GOP following former President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donaldtrump/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e's\u0026nbsp;false claims that widespread fraud cost him the election.\u0026nbsp;They say Republicans have tried to whip up distrust in elections for political gain and are passing restrictions designed to keep Democratic-leaning voters from registering or casting a ballot.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“It’s depressing that this is the way that (the Trump) wing of the Republican Party thinks they have to win, instead of trying to win on issues or beliefs,” said Gus Bickford, the Democratic Party chairman in Massachusetts. “They just want to suppress the vote.”\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read |\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/donald-trump-lashes-out-at-meghan-mccain-calls-her-bully-and-lowlife-652442/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump lashes out at Meghan McCain, calls her 'bully' and 'lowlife'\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"A common thread among the Republican proposals is toughening voter identification requirements, both for in-person and mail voting.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In Michigan and Pennsylvania, Republicans are trying to get around Democratic governors\u0026nbsp;who wield the veto pen. Wisconsin Republicans say they also are considering such a strategy.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In California and Massachusetts, Republicans are a minority in both houses of the legislature. 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Rather, it will serve only to force the elderly, poor and disabled to go to unnecessary lengths to get proper government-issued identification cards they may not have, they say.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Despite Trump's false claims of a stolen election, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts have debunked them, and courts up to the U.S. Supreme Court have swept aside such assertions. The government's own cybersecurity agency declared the 2020 presidential election\u0026nbsp;the most secure in U.S. history.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"No state legislature has produced evidence of widespread election fraud. Even so, at least 10 Republican-controlled states have enacted laws so far this year that toughen voter ID or signature requirements or pare back opportunities to register to vote or cast a ballot.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read |\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/child-tax-credit-tussle-reflects-debate-over-work-incentives-520755/\\\\\\\"\u003eChild tax credit tussle reflects debate over work incentives\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Putting voter-related matters to a statewide vote is nothing new.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In recent years, for example, voters in California and Florida restored felons' right to vote. In 2018, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing people to register on Election Day and request absentee ballots without having to give a reason.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The difference this year is Republicans using the process in an attempt to enact restrictions they couldn't pass otherwise.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In California, Massachusetts and Nebraska, Republicans are trying to gather enough signatures to get their proposals on ballots in next year’s general election.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In Michigan, Republicans are using an unusual provision in the state constitution to gather enough petition signatures so the GOP-controlled Legislature can pass a veto-proof voter ID bill.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Among other things, the Michigan initiative would prohibit sending mail-in ballot applications to people who did not request them, with backers saying it sowed confusion and mistrust in 2020.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“Democratic leadership is out of step with their voters,” said Jamie Roe, a Republican campaign consultant and strategist with the Secure MI Vote initiative.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is preparing to veto\u0026nbsp;similar legislation on her desk, telling reporters this month that there was not one “scintilla” of evidence of widespread voting fraud in last year's election and that Republicans are simply unhappy over Trump's loss.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“Our elections work. You don’t like the outcome? 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If anything, it hurts it.”\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Harrisburg, PA, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Shubham Banerjee","photo":null,"username":"shubham","id":"yMKOA5Bszkxu","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu","isSection":0},{"name":"Elections","slug":"elections","id":"3Cfx7PQDJJJQ","isSection":0},{"name":"California","slug":"california","id":"sen4MeHKiU4x","isSection":0},{"name":"DonaldTrump","slug":"donaldtrump","id":"2BkYVqd4njLi","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress","role":8,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-10-24T03:01:45+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Republicans have succeeded this year in passing a range of voting restrictions in states they control politically, from Georgia to Iowa to Texas. They're not stopping there. Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor's office, the legislature or both — California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Pennsylvania — are pursuing statewide ballot initiatives or veto-proof proposals to enact voter ID restrictions and other changes to election law. Also Read | US Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill,In another state, Nebraska, Republicans control the governor's office and have a majority in the single-house legislature, but are pushing a voter ID ballot measure because they have been unable to get enough lawmakers on board. ,Republicans say they are pursuing the changes in the name of “election integrity, and repeat similar slogans — “easier to vote, harder to cheat.” Democrats dismiss it as the GOP following former President Donald Trump's false claims that widespread fraud cost him the election. They say Republicans have tried to whip up distrust in elections for political gain and are passing restrictions designed to keep Democratic-leaning voters from registering or casting a ballot. “It’s depressing that this is the way that (the Trump) wing of the Republican Party thinks they have to win, instead of trying to win on issues or beliefs,” said Gus Bickford, the Democratic Party chairman in Massachusetts. “They just want to suppress the vote.”,Also Read | Donald Trump lashes out at Meghan McCain, calls her 'bully' and 'lowlife',A common thread among the Republican proposals is toughening voter identification requirements, both for in-person and mail voting. In Michigan and Pennsylvania, Republicans are trying to get around Democratic governors who wield the veto pen. Wisconsin Republicans say they also are considering such a strategy. In California and Massachusetts, Republicans are a minority in both houses of the legislature. In Republican-controlled Nebraska, the hang-up is an officially nonpartisan legislature where more liberal lawmakers can derail legislation that enjoys broad conservative support. The road to gain voter approval is uphill in California and Massachusetts, but there's a clearer path to success in the other states. Also Read | GOP's Mitch McConnell slams Democrats' efforts to 'federalise 50 state elections',The leader of the California effort, Carl DeMaio of Reform California, said his organization is pursuing a ballot initiative because Democratic lawmakers will never take up his group's proposals. “That would mean they’re validating Donald Trump, and they have so much hatred for Donald Trump that they don’t even want to acknowledge that there’s even a problem here, DeMaio said. Trump's baseless election fraud claims aside, DeMaio said Trump's message is resonating with people who have had doubts about the election system based on their own experience, such as getting duplicate ballots mailed to them at home. Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, and when it's attempted is typically caught by local election offices. In any case, Democrats say voter ID laws will do nothing to prevent the little fraud that exists. Rather, it will serve only to force the elderly, poor and disabled to go to unnecessary lengths to get proper government-issued identification cards they may not have, they say. Despite Trump's false claims of a stolen election, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts have debunked them, and courts up to the U.S. Supreme Court have swept aside such assertions. The government's own cybersecurity agency declared the 2020 presidential election the most secure in U.S. history. No state legislature has produced evidence of widespread election fraud. Even so, at least 10 Republican-controlled states have enacted laws so far this year that toughen voter ID or signature requirements or pare back opportunities to register to vote or cast a ballot. Also Read | Child tax credit tussle reflects debate over work incentives,Putting voter-related matters to a statewide vote is nothing new. In recent years, for example, voters in California and Florida restored felons' right to vote. In 2018, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing people to register on Election Day and request absentee ballots without having to give a reason. The difference this year is Republicans using the process in an attempt to enact restrictions they couldn't pass otherwise. In California, Massachusetts and Nebraska, Republicans are trying to gather enough signatures to get their proposals on ballots in next year’s general election. In Michigan, Republicans are using an unusual provision in the state constitution to gather enough petition signatures so the GOP-controlled Legislature can pass a veto-proof voter ID bill. ,Among other things, the Michigan initiative would prohibit sending mail-in ballot applications to people who did not request them, with backers saying it sowed confusion and mistrust in 2020. “Democratic leadership is out of step with their voters,” said Jamie Roe, a Republican campaign consultant and strategist with the Secure MI Vote initiative. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is preparing to veto similar legislation on her desk, telling reporters this month that there was not one “scintilla” of evidence of widespread voting fraud in last year's election and that Republicans are simply unhappy over Trump's loss. “Our elections work. You don’t like the outcome? Well, then you run in the next election and try to win and earn people’s votes — not cut out a segment of people that cast their ballot as Americans and have a right to do that,” Whitmer said. In Pennsylvania, which allows no direct access to the ballot for citizen initiatives, the earliest the Republican-controlled Legislature could put its election changes on the ballot — through a proposed constitutional amendment — is 2023. The Pennsylvania proposal is among several that would go beyond changes to voter ID. As Trump allies go state to state, pushing partisan reviews of last year’s presidential election, the measure in Pennsylvania would require election results to be audited by the state’s auditor general. It would require paper ballots to bear a watermark and be open to “public inspection” after an election is certified. The measure is awaiting a vote in the state House, perhaps as early as next week, before it can go to the Senate. Its sponsor, Republican Rep. Jeff Wheeland, said it will “give back to the voters surety” that their elections are safe and secure. Another Republican, Rep. Eric Nelson, said it would let voters ”address what many feel is a frenzy of mistrust in our current election system.”,Democratic Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, referring to Trump's loss in the battleground state, said the only reason the measure is coming up “is because some are disappointed in the result of the election. Under the proposed initiative in California, counties would be required to do more to clean up voter registration rolls, evaluate wait times for in-person voting in every election and show how they will fix “unreasonably long” waits. In Nebraska, groups including Black Votes Matter and the League of Women Voters have joined forces to oppose the Republican-backed ballot initiative. John Cartier, director of voting rights for Civic Nebraska, said the initiative would violate Nebraska's constitutional protections for voting access. He said there has never been a single conviction for voter impersonation fraud in the state's history. Besides, he said, states such as Arizona and Georgia already have tough voter ID laws “and people don’t really trust the system there,” Cartier said. “So passage of a voter ID law doesn’t do anything for trust. If anything, it hurts it.”","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"40.2732","longitude":"-76.8867","name":"Harrisburg, PA, USA","city":"Harrisburg"},"keywords":"Republicans, United States, voting restrictions, Georgia, Iowa, Texas, Democrats, Nebraska, Donald Trump","originalPublishedOn":"2021-10-23T18:48:14+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"R7tb0eEOHi50","slug":"us-senate-republicans-block-voting-rights-reform-bill","slugV2":"usa/us-senate-republicans-block-voting-rights-reform-bill-513889/","title":"US Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_nIqH-3hTV0.jpg","coverCaption":"US Senate Republicans failed the bill on Wednesday. (Photo Credit: Associated Press)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-10-21T02:03:31+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe bill was blocked by Senate Republicans third time this year\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eLawmakers voted 51-49 against the legislation\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe bill was renamed as \"Freedom to Vote Act\"\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1634762014591,\\\"strCount\\\":2196,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republican lawmakers in the United States Senate blocked a \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/votingrights/\\\\\\\"\u003evoting rights reform bill\u003c/a\u003e on Wednesday, marking a third impasse in the legislative chamber this year. The bill has been supported by multiple Democrat politicians, including President Joe Biden.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"No members of the Republican party in the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/ussenate/\\\\\\\"\u003eSenate\u003c/a\u003e demonstrated support for the voting rights reform bill, the vote of which ended at a tally of 51-49.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The legislation, which has now been tagged as\u0026nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act, was slammed by Senate minority leader \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/mitchmcconnell/\\\\\\\"\u003eMitch McConnell,\u003c/a\u003e who called it an \\\\\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/gops-mitch-mcconnell-slams-democrats-efforts-to-federalise-50-state-elections?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eelection takeover scheme.\\\\\\\"\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"On the other hand, United States Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said, \\\\\\\"This bill is a compromise, but a good one. It's a bill that every Senate Democrat is united behind enthusiastically\\\\\\\", according to reports from ABC News.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Before the vote, Schumer said, \\\\\\\"Members of this body now face a choice.\u0026nbsp;They can follow in the footsteps of our patriotic predecessors in this chamber. Or they can sit by as the fabric of our democracy unravels before our very eyes\\\\\\\", according to reports from Associated Press.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“The latest umpteenth iteration (of the bill) is only a compromise in the sense that the left and the far-left argued among themselves about exactly how much power to grab and in which areas,\\\\\\\" McConnell, who recently met with Manchin about the bill, said Wednesday. “The same rotten core is all still there.”\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Initial optimism that the measure would swiftly pass the Senate dissipated after several members of the Democratic caucus, including King, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, among others, made clear their reluctance to change the filibuster rules. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Manchin, who has said that any election overhaul needs bipartisan support, also sought changes to the voting bill to make it more palatable to Republicans, according to reports from Associated Press.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"USSenate","slug":"ussenate","id":"1awmCmIjhk9L","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Vote","slug":"vote","id":"i3wcam5kdL4U","isSection":0},{"name":"ChuckSchumer","slug":"chuckschumer","id":"3LLuFJAHBmmF","isSection":0},{"name":"MitchMcConnell","slug":"mitchmcconnell","id":"UWN6mnksnnkl","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","username":"amanbutani1975","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-10-21T01:16:43+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Republican lawmakers in the United States Senate blocked a voting rights reform bill on Wednesday, marking a third impasse in the legislative chamber this year. The bill has been supported by multiple Democrat politicians, including President Joe Biden. No members of the Republican party in the Senate demonstrated support for the voting rights reform bill, the vote of which ended at a tally of 51-49. The legislation, which has now been tagged as Freedom to Vote Act, was slammed by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, who called it an election takeover scheme. On the other hand, United States Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said, This bill is a compromise, but a good one. It's a bill that every Senate Democrat is united behind enthusiastically, according to reports from ABC News. Before the vote, Schumer said, Members of this body now face a choice. They can follow in the footsteps of our patriotic predecessors in this chamber. Or they can sit by as the fabric of our democracy unravels before our very eyes, according to reports from Associated Press. “The latest umpteenth iteration (of the bill) is only a compromise in the sense that the left and the far-left argued among themselves about exactly how much power to grab and in which areas, McConnell, who recently met with Manchin about the bill, said Wednesday. “The same rotten core is all still there.”,Initial optimism that the measure would swiftly pass the Senate dissipated after several members of the Democratic caucus, including King, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, among others, made clear their reluctance to change the filibuster rules. ,Manchin, who has said that any election overhaul needs bipartisan support, also sought changes to the voting bill to make it more palatable to Republicans, according to reports from Associated Press.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Voting rights, Senate Republican, United States, Freedom to vote act, Chuck Schumer","originalPublishedOn":"2021-10-21T01:16:43+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"d2fCivpu6qPd","slug":"gops-mitch-mcconnell-slams-democrats-efforts-to-federalise-50-state-elections","slugV2":"usa/gops-mitch-mcconnell-slams-democrats-efforts-to-federalise-50-state-elections-251033/","title":"GOP's Mitch McConnell slams Democrats' efforts to 'federalise 50 state elections'","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_2mUMrxHWW.jpg","coverCaption":"United States Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. (Photo Credit: Associated Press)","reactionStats":"{\"sad_count\": 0, \"like_count\": 1.0, \"angry_count\": 0, \"laugh_count\": 0, \"heartbreak_count\": 0}","updatedOn":"2021-10-15T04:10:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe 'Freedom to Vote Act' was a point of contention in the Senate\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMcConnell called the initative a 'naked power grab'\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eChuck Schumer, a Democrat, introduced the legislation\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":1,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1634251046621,\\\"strCount\\\":2739,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Senate minority \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/mitch-mcconnell-vows-not-to-aid-democrats-in-raising-the-debt-ceiling-again?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eMitch McConnell\u003c/a\u003e on Thursday slammed a democratic effort to federalise the United States' electoral system and released a dismissive statement that said there was \\\\\\\"nothing necessary or bipartisan about the naked power grab.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"McConnell, a member of the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublican party \u003c/a\u003eand a Senator from Kentucky, claimed that Washington Democrats were creating \\\\\\\"fake drama over a proposed election takeover that will go nowhere.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republican and Democratic lawmakers have shared disagreements about possible election reforms in the past month, with tensions flaring up recently on the \\\\\\\"Freedom to Vote Act\\\\\\\", a legislation introduced in the United States Senate by majority leader Chuck Schumer.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\" data-partner=\\\\\\\"tweetdeck\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats fear for their reelections because of the never-ending series of crises their policies are inflicting on families. The answer isn’t an election law takeover to rig the game. My statement on Democrats’ latest iteration of the same takeover the Senate\u0026#39;s already rejected: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/pQgilV3MUV\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/pQgilV3MUV\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/1448765452935577606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eOctober 14, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\\\\n\u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\\\\n\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\" data-partner=\\\\\\\"tweetdeck\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats fear for their reelections because of the never-ending series of crises their policies are inflicting on families. The answer isn’t an election law takeover to rig the game. My statement on Democrats’ latest iteration of the same takeover the Senate\u0026#39;s already rejected: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/pQgilV3MUV\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/pQgilV3MUV\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/1448765452935577606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eOctober 14, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\\\\n\u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\\\\n\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/federal-bodies-take-steps-to-push-voting-rights-after-joe-bidens-executive-order?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eFederal bodies take steps to push voting rights after Biden's executive order\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Hours before McConnell released the statement, Schumer tweeted, \\\\\\\"Today, I’m announcing that the Senate will vote on moving forward on the Freedom To Vote Act on Wednesday. This is consequential voting rights legislation. It would establish commonsense standards for our democracy and help fight suppressive \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/republican-voting-bill-back-on-agenda-as-democrat-holdout-ends-in-texas?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003evoting laws.\\\\\\\"\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"McConnell wrote in the statement, \\\\\\\"Senator Schumer wants to stage another political stunt around the umpteenth iteration of the same partisan power grab that Senate has already considered and rejected repeatedly.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Kentucky lawmaker added, \\\\\\\"It is the same rotten core as Speaker Pelosi's HR 1 with slightly amended window dressing. Democrats call this latest repackaging a 'compromise', but it is only a compromise among themselves. It is not a compromise for the left and the far left to discuss how much power they should grab.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"According to reports from NBC News, Schumer said in a letter that all \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democraticparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocratic\u003c/a\u003e lawmakers in the United States Senate respected party lines on the matter.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"He wrote, \\\\\\\"We cannot allow conservative-controlled states to double down on their regressive and subversive voting bills. 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McConnell, a member of the Republican party and a Senator from Kentucky, claimed that Washington Democrats were creating fake drama over a proposed election takeover that will go nowhere. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have shared disagreements about possible election reforms in the past month, with tensions flaring up recently on the Freedom to Vote Act, a legislation introduced in the United States Senate by majority leader Chuck Schumer. Also Read: Federal bodies take steps to push voting rights after Biden's executive order,Hours before McConnell released the statement, Schumer tweeted, Today, I’m announcing that the Senate will vote on moving forward on the Freedom To Vote Act on Wednesday. This is consequential voting rights legislation. It would establish commonsense standards for our democracy and help fight suppressive voting laws. McConnell wrote in the statement, Senator Schumer wants to stage another political stunt around the umpteenth iteration of the same partisan power grab that Senate has already considered and rejected repeatedly. The Kentucky lawmaker added, It is the same rotten core as Speaker Pelosi's HR 1 with slightly amended window dressing. Democrats call this latest repackaging a 'compromise', but it is only a compromise among themselves. It is not a compromise for the left and the far left to discuss how much power they should grab. According to reports from NBC News, Schumer said in a letter that all Democratic lawmakers in the United States Senate respected party lines on the matter. ,He wrote, We cannot allow conservative-controlled states to double down on their regressive and subversive voting bills. The Freedom to Vote Act is the legislation that will right the ship of our democracy and establishes common sense national standards to give fair access to our democracy to all Americans.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Mitch McConnell, Freedom to Vote Act, Chuck Schumer, voting rights, republican, democrat","originalPublishedOn":"2021-10-15T04:10:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"wLnHKCMeyOio","slug":"federal-bodies-take-steps-to-push-voting-rights-after-joe-bidens-executive-order","slugV2":"usa/federal-bodies-take-steps-to-push-voting-rights-after-joe-bidens-executive-order-614888/","title":"Federal bodies take steps to push voting rights after Biden's executive order","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_0gTx2fSBG.jpg","coverCaption":"United States President Joe Biden. (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-09-29T05:41:50+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMore than a dozen federal agencies participated in the excercise\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBiden signed the order to mark 56th anniversary of Bloody Monday earlier this year\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eInterior Department, HUD and DoJ will be deploying resources\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1632874316228,\\\"strCount\\\":3192,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"United States \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/joe-biden-to-cancel-chicago-tour-amid-political-stretch-in-washington-dc-report?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003ePresident Joe Biden\u003c/a\u003e's administration on Tuesday released new steps for multiple federal agencies to promote \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/votingrights/\\\\\\\"\u003evoting rights\u003c/a\u003e and participation in the country, the White House said in a press release.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The press release said that on beginning Tuesday, \\\\\\\"more than a dozen agencies across the federal government are announcing steps they are taking to respond to the President’s call for an all-of-government action to promote voting access and to further the ability of all eligible Americans to participate in our democracy.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The following agencies will be implementing steps to promote Biden's push:\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003e1)\u0026nbsp; Department of the Treasury\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/us-government-imposes-sanctions-on-crypto-exchanges-to-curb-ransomware?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eTreasury Department\u003c/a\u003e, which is headed by \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/janet-yellen-claims-joe-bidens-proposals-will-address-us-infrastructure-needs?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eSecretary Janet Yellen\u003c/a\u003e, will reform its direct deposit campaigns and will now include information about voter registration and participation. Those who receive \\\\\\\"Social Security, Veterans Affairs, and other federal benefit payments\\\\\\\" will directly gain from this.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003e2)\u0026nbsp; Department of Justice\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The United States \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/departmentofjustice/\\\\\\\"\u003eDepartment of Justice\u003c/a\u003e, according to the press release, has created information databases that will provide information about voter registration, federal voting rights laws and how to report any potential violations of the same.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Department of Justice will also provide information about voting to individuals in federal custody, facilitate voting by those who remain eligible to do so while in federal custody, the press release said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003e3) Department of Homeland Security\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/dhs/\\\\\\\"\u003eHomeland Security\u003c/a\u003e will be assisting thousands of those who have been naturalised as United States citizens every year. 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The press release said that on beginning Tuesday, more than a dozen agencies across the federal government are announcing steps they are taking to respond to the President’s call for an all-of-government action to promote voting access and to further the ability of all eligible Americans to participate in our democracy. The following agencies will be implementing steps to promote Biden's push:,1) Department of the Treasury,The Treasury Department, which is headed by Secretary Janet Yellen, will reform its direct deposit campaigns and will now include information about voter registration and participation. Those who receive Social Security, Veterans Affairs, and other federal benefit payments will directly gain from this. 2) Department of Justice,The United States Department of Justice, according to the press release, has created information databases that will provide information about voter registration, federal voting rights laws and how to report any potential violations of the same. The Department of Justice will also provide information about voting to individuals in federal custody, facilitate voting by those who remain eligible to do so while in federal custody, the press release said. 3) Department of Homeland Security,Homeland Security will be assisting thousands of those who have been naturalised as United States citizens every year. This will be done by sending out invitations to local governments and nonpartisan nonprofit organizations to register voters at the end of naturalisation ceremonies. Other federal departments that will also be taking part in Biden's push for voting rights include the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs among others. United States Vice President Kamala Harris wrote on Twitter, On the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in March 2021, President Biden issued the Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting. That order instructs federal agencies to deploy resources available to them to work to promote voting access.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Federal departments, Joe Biden, voting rights, DoJ, Treasury, Homeland Security","originalPublishedOn":"2021-09-29T05:40:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"FGd87qspJPUC","slug":"california-voters-get-the-right-to-vote-by-mail-as-gavin-newsom-signs-new-law","slugV2":"usa/california-voters-get-the-right-to-vote-by-mail-as-gavin-newsom-signs-new-law-294270/","title":"California voters get the right to vote by mail as Gavin Newsom signs new law","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_snXYrNOWej9.jpg","coverCaption":"California voter have already been voting by mail. 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Several other Western states mail all voters a ballot, including Utah, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. Republicans who hold a minority in the California Legislature opposed the expansion of voting by mail. Under the new law, ballots in California must go out at least 29 days before the election. Voters still have the option to drop off their ballot or vote in person. Prior to the pandemic, many Californians were already voting by mail. ,Voters like having options for returning their ballot whether by mail, at a secure dropbox, a voting centre or at a traditional polling station. And the more people who participate in elections, the stronger our democracy and the more we have the assurance that elections reflect the will of the people of California, the Associated Press quoted California Secretary of State Shirley Weber as saying in a statement. ,Newsom signed 10 other voting-related bills on Monday, crafting them as part of an effort to expand voting rights and access. Voting rights have become a major political flashpoint in the country as Democrat-led states push legislation aimed at expanding voting access while many Republican-led states try to tighten it amid accusations of widespread voter fraud by former President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders. ,As states across our country continue to enact undemocratic voter suppression laws, California is increasing voter access, expanding voting options, and bolstering elections integrity and transparency, Newsom said, according to AP. California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson said her party is committed to ensuring elections are safe, fair, and secure. 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In a split verdict, two of the three trial judges declared the December 2018 law as unconstitutional, saying that the law intentionally discriminates against Black voters, violating their equal protection. This verdict came even though the law was designed to implement a photo voter ID mandate added to the North Carolina Constitution in a referendum. The law was motivated at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African American voters, the Associated Press quoted Superior Court Judges Michael O'Foghludha and Vince Rozier. The judges wrote a 100-page majority opinion. ,Other, less restrictive voter ID laws would have sufficed to achieve the legitimate nonracial purposes of implementing the constitutional amendment requiring voter ID, deterring fraud, or enhancing voter confidence, the majority opinion said. The majority decision, which followed a three-week trial in April, is now likely to go to a state appeals court. The same court had blocked the law's enforcement last year while the case was heard. The law remains unenforceable with this ruling. ,With a similar lawsuit in federal court set to go to trial this January and another state court lawsuit now on appeal, it is looking more unlikely that a voter ID mandate for in-person and absentee balloting will happen in the 2022 elections. ,The ruling reflects how the state's Republican-controlled legislature undeniably implemented this legislation to maintain its power by targeting voters of color, AP quoted Allison Riggs, the plaintiffs' lead attorney, as saying. Republican legislative leaders are yet to respond to the ruling. GOP legislative leaders have tried for a decade to require photo IDs to cast ballots. Republicans have said voter ID laws are needed to build public confidence in elections and to prevent voter fraud, which remains rare nationwide. But many Democrats see the mandates as attempts at voter suppression. ,In July 2016, a federal appeals court struck down several portions of a 2013 North Carolina elections law that included a voter ID mandate, saying GOP lawmakers had written them with almost surgical precision to discourage voting by Black voters, who tend to support Democrats. Lawyers for the voters who sued over the 2018 law said it suffered the same racial defects as the 2013 law — following a long effort by North Carolina elected officials to weaken African American voting as a way to retain control of the General Assembly. The 2013 law was carried out briefly in the 2016 primary elections. ,GOP legislative leaders and their attorneys disagreed, saying the latest ID rules were approved with substantial Democratic support and improved to retain ballot access while ensuring only legal citizens can vote. The categories of qualifying IDs were greatly expanded compared to the 2013 law to include college student and government-employee IDs. Free IDs also are available from county elections boards or at early-voting sites, and people without IDs can still vote if they fill out a form at the voting precinct. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Nathaniel Poovey wrote that passage of the voter ID law falls in line with the state constitution, citing its support from several Black legislators and the citizens voting for the constitutional referendum. Competence evidence before this three-judge panel does not suggest our legislature enacted this law with a racially discriminatory intent, Poovey wrote in his dissent note. ,But the majority on the panel decided that the changes didn't eliminate fully the racial bias and permanently blocked enforcement of the ID law. About three dozen states have laws requesting or requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls, and about half of these states want photo ID only, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. A provision contained in a sweeping federal overhaul of elections pushed this year by congressional Democrats would effectively neuter state voter ID laws by allowing people without an ID to sign a form at the polls instead. 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Both voters are Black, which intensified criticism amid a broader fight over voting restrictions that opponents say disproportionately impact people of color.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;NFL: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/sports/nfl-hurricane-ida-displaces-new-orleans-saints-to-texas-587948/\\\\\\\"\u003eHurricane Ida displaces New Orleans Saints to Texas\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"New language would have sought to add clarity that a person must have known he or she was voting illegally in order to face prosecution. 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Many of the most hotly contested changes would eliminate expanded voting access that Texas' largest county put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/afghanistan-war-veteran-dies-of-treatable-illness-due-to-lack-of-icu-beds-in-texas-525088/\\\\\\\"\u003eAfghanistan war veteran dies of treatable illness due to lack of ICU beds in Texas\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Harris County, which includes Houston and is a major source of Democratic votes, offered 24-hour polling places, drive-thru voting and tried sending mail-ballot applications to 2 million registered voters last year. All of that would now be outlawed under the bill heading to Abbott. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans say criticism of the bill's impacts are exaggerated and emphasize it would add an extra hour of early voting daily, as well as expand the number of counties that must offer 12 hours of early voting on weekdays.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Mason's illegal voting arrest is not the only one to draw criticism from \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democraticparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e and voting rights groups. 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Greg Abbott their rewrite of the state's election laws, with the House approving the package after the last-minute removal of a bipartisan provision to avoid prosecuting voters with felony convictions who were unaware they couldn't cast a ballot. The rebuffed proposal followed backlash to the illegal voting arrests of two Texans who said they did not realize the law prohibits people on parole, probation or supervised released from voting. Both voters are Black, which intensified criticism amid a broader fight over voting restrictions that opponents say disproportionately impact people of color. Also Read: NFL: Hurricane Ida displaces New Orleans Saints to Texas,New language would have sought to add clarity that a person must have known he or she was voting illegally in order to face prosecution. Although the GOP-controlled House approved the provision, it was rejected by Senate negotiators just as the bill was being finalized. ,Lawmakers specifically invoked the case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2018 for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election when she was on probation. Her provisional vote wound up not counting, and her case is now on appeal. ,I hope this body will continue working to correct the injustice by which an inherently benign, even a civil act, the act of voting, becomes the basis for the deprivation of a person's liberty, Democratic state Rep. John Turner said. ,After the full voting bill cleared, the House approved a resolution that a person should not be criminally incarcerated for making an innocent mistake. It passed 119-4. Also Read: Authorities trying to find a link between two crimes near Dallas,The full bill must now get final approval in the Senate before going to Abbott, who has said he will sign the measure and could do so in the coming days. ,No other last-minute changes were made to a sweeping GOP elections bill that Texas Democrats this summer turned into the most protracted fight in the U.S. over new voting restrictions. Nationwide, Republicans have rushed to impose tighter elections laws driven by President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. ,Democrats twice walked out of the state Capitol to temporarily bock the bill, including a 38-day holdout in one of the longest quorum breaks in Texas history. Not all of the more than 50 Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. in July have agreed to return, and those continuing to hold out have said they felt betrayed by their colleagues. The bill would limit how and when voters can cast a ballot in booming and fast-changing Texas, where decades of commanding Republican victories on Election Day are starting to shrink. Many of the most hotly contested changes would eliminate expanded voting access that Texas' largest county put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also Read: Afghanistan war veteran dies of treatable illness due to lack of ICU beds in Texas,Harris County, which includes Houston and is a major source of Democratic votes, offered 24-hour polling places, drive-thru voting and tried sending mail-ballot applications to 2 million registered voters last year. All of that would now be outlawed under the bill heading to Abbott. ,Republicans say criticism of the bill's impacts are exaggerated and emphasize it would add an extra hour of early voting daily, as well as expand the number of counties that must offer 12 hours of early voting on weekdays. Mason's illegal voting arrest is not the only one to draw criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups. In July, Hervis Rogers was arrested on charges of illegal voting because he cast a ballot while still on parole after waiting more than six hours in line during the 2020 presidential primary. ,The cases drew national attention and angered critics who saw both as overzealous attempts by Republicans to look tough on rare cases of improper voting. The Brennan Center for Justice in 2017 ranked the risk of ballot fraud at 0.00004% to 0.0009%, based on studies of past elections. Republican state Rep. 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The step was in the pipeline for months but it was decried by Democrats and voting-rights advocates. The Democratic governor had said that he would veto similar bills pending in the state Legislature. Secure MI Vote, which is being run by veteran GOP operatives, will need to collect roughly 340,000 valid voter signatures within six months of starting to circulate petitions. The initiative wants voters to submit photo identification, eliminate an option that lets those without one submit an affidavit and vote. More than 11,400 of nearly 5.6 million voters did that in the November US presidential election. Instead, people with no ID would get a provisional ballot and have to verify their identity within six days after the election for it to count. The measure also would add an ID component to absentee ballot applications, requiring that voters submit their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Nearly 3.3 million people, a record, voted absentee last November. Voters currently seeking an absentee ballot by mail must sign the application, and the signature is matched to the voter file. The initiative also would prohibit the secretary of state and local clerks from sending applications to people who did not request them and create a $3 million fund to ensure low-income residents have an ID. The funding also would make the measure referendum-proof under state law. Jamie Roe, the spokesperson for Secure MI Vote, said voters across the political spectrum questioned the integrity of the 2016 and 2020 election results. The success of this initiative will make it easier to vote, harder to cheat, and restore confidence in the electoral system for Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike, he said in a statement. The Michigan Democratic Party and other groups accused the GOP of trying to confuse voters and perpetuating Trump's lies with the ballot drive. They want fewer people to vote because they just discovered what we have always known, when people vote, Democrats win. That is what this ballot proposal is all about, creating barriers to voting so fewer people have access to the polls, said chair Lavora Barnes. She noted that two-thirds of Michigan voters in 2018 passed a constitutional amendment expanding voting options. Joe Biden won the battleground state by about 155,000 votes or 2.8%, but former President Donald Trump has constantly alleged widespread fraud. His own attorney general found no evidence of it in Michigan or other states. Trump's allegations also have been dismissed by judges and refuted by state election officials, an arm of his own administration's Homeland Security Department and Republicans in the Michigan Senate. Several GOP states have changed voting laws after the elections, and others are debating them. If enacted, the Michigan changes would be in place for the 2024 election but not the 2022 midterm because Democratic legislators would refuse to let them take effect immediately. (With AP inputs)","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"44.3148","longitude":"-85.6024","name":"Michigan, USA","city":"Traverse City"},"keywords":"Michigan, Election laws, Gretchen Whitmer, Republican Party","originalPublishedOn":"2021-08-31T06:35:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"3XDId0IgAISB","slug":"gops-larry-elder-looks-to-upset-gavin-newsom-in-california-recall-election","slugV2":"usa/gops-larry-elder-looks-to-upset-gavin-newsom-in-california-recall-election-136735/","title":"GOP's Larry Elder looks to upset Gavin Newsom in California recall election","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_S15m5PcxzB.jpg","coverCaption":"(Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-08-31T05:51:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eLarry Elder had a rapid ascent in the Sept. 14 recall election\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eHis political views reflect a libertarian mindset\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAn Elder win would trigger a power struggle with Sacramento's Democratic state legislative majority\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1630369099783,\\\"strCount\\\":8927,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/california/\\\\\\\"\u003eCalifornia\u003c/a\u003e's next governor could be a Black conservative who\\\\nwould erase state vaccine and mask mandates, is critical of gun control,\\\\ndisputes the notion of systemic racism in America and opposes the minimum wage\\\\nbecause he says it tramples the free market.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The rapid\\\\nascent of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republican/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublican\u003c/a\u003e Larry Elder in the September 14 recall election that could\\\\nremove Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is a striking turn in a state regarded as a\\\\nDemocratic fortress and national showcase for liberal policies on climate\\\\nchange, immigration and health care.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/offbeat/joe-bidens-link-to-raaj-kumar-from-saudagar-explored-by-the-internet-437051/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden's link to Raaj Kumar from 'Saudagar' explored by the internet\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Elder is a\\\\ntalk radio host who Newsom identifies as his biggest threat in an election\\\\nwidely acknowledged as tight. Elder is promising to reverse California's\\\\nprogressive drift that he blames for an unrelenting homeless crisis, high\\\\ntaxes, spiking crime rates and government creep into people's lives and\\\\nlivelihoods — from \\\\\\\"anti-science\\\\\\\" coronavirus mandates to regulations\\\\nhe says slow-walk housing construction.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"There is a\\\\nsaying that the future happens first in California, and Elder's potentially\\\\nhistoric victory could have broad implications, coming on the threshold of 2022\\\\nelections that will decide control of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/congress/\\\\\\\"\u003eCongress\u003c/a\u003e. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"An Elder\\\\nwin would also trigger a power struggle with Sacramento's Democratic state\\\\nlegislative majority over everything from government appointments to how to\\\\nspend billions of taxpayer dollars. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In\\\\n\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/california/\\\\\\\"\u003eCalifornia\u003c/a\u003e \\\\\\\"young families are leaving, the taxes are going up on gasoline\\\\nand this governor is either incompetent or indifferent,\\\\\\\" says Elder, who\\\\nwould become the first Black governor of the nation's most populous state.\\\\n\\\\\\\"He's got to go.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/some-americans-left-behind-antony-blinken-confirms-after-us-pulls-out-of-afghanistan-361398/\\\\\\\"\u003eSome Americans left behind: Antony Blinken confirms after US pulls out of Afghanistan\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In another\\\\nyear, the charismatic Elder's candidacy in heavily Democratic California might\\\\nbe a footnote — the GOP hasn't won a statewide race since 2006 and Democratic\\\\nvoters outnumber Republicans by nearly 2-to-1. Former President Donald Trump\\\\nlost the state to Joe Biden last year by more than 5 million votes.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But the\\\\nunusual math that underlies the rare, late-summer recall\u0026nbsp; election could upend the expected. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"For years,\\\\nRepublicans have envisioned that a confluence of crises might result in a\\\\npendulum swing in leadership in a state that was home to — and voted for —\\\\n\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/search/all/RepublicanParty\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublican\u003c/a\u003e Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Mail-in\\\\nballots went out in mid-August. They are being returned at a time when COVID\\\\nagain is spiking and many voters are angry and looking for someone to blame.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The recall\\\\nwas driven by weariness over Newsom's whipsaw pandemic rules that closed\\\\nbusinesses and schools, but it's buttressed by grievances that range from\\\\nfrustration with sprawling homeless encampments to soaring housing costs. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The GOP's\\\\nchances rest in the atypical rules of the recall election. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"There are\\\\ntwo questions on the ballot: First, should Newsom be removed, yes or no? If a\\\\nmajority agrees to oust him, his successor is whoever gets the most votes on\\\\nthe second question. With 46 candidates, the winner could get 25% or less.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/joe-biden-to-address-the-nation-after-us-ends-afghanistan-war-133498/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden to address the nation after US ends Afghanistan war\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"It's a\\\\nrare opportunity for the GOP in a state where Democrats hold every statewide\\\\noffice and dominate the Legislature and congressional delegation. Republicans\\\\naccount for only 24% of registered voters, but the dynamics of the recall have\\\\nallowed Elder and other conservative candidates to target their campaigns at\\\\nright-leaning voters who could provide a sufficient winning edge. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Elder\\\\nquickly overshadowed a field of GOP rivals that include businessman John Cox,\\\\nstate Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer and\\\\nformer Olympian and reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Newsom was\\\\nsuccessful in keeping prominent Democrats off the ballot, though YouTube\\\\npersonality Kevin Paffrath has emerged as a potential contender within Newsom's\\\\nparty.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"At 69, Elder\\\\nis a latecomer as a first-time candidate and he's far from a household name.\\\\nHowever, he's been a celebrity within conservative circles for years through\\\\nhis provocative radio show that for many stations is part of lineup of\\\\n\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/conservative/\\\\\\\"\u003econservative\u003c/a\u003e voices that includes Elder's mentor, Dennis Prager. Elder has a\\\\nstar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and counts nearly 2 million followers on\\\\nsocial media.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The\\\\nself-styled \\\\\\\"Sage of South Central\\\\\\\" –- a reference to the rough Los\\\\nAngeles neighborhood where he grew up -- is taut with energy that belies his\\\\nage. When arguing points, he can talk with the rapid-fire certitude of the\\\\nlawyer that he is — Elder is a 1977 graduate of the University of Michigan Law\\\\nSchool, and received an undergraduate degree from Brown University.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Arguably\\\\nElder's biggest headline since entering the race July 12 was an unwelcome one –\\\\na former fiancee, Alexandra Datig, alleged he was emotionally abusive and\\\\nshowed her a gun during an argument in 2015, a claim Elder denies.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However,\\\\nthe allegations do not appear to have slowed his campaign's trajectory. He\\\\nrolled out endorsements last week that included GOP national Committeeman Shawn\\\\nSteel and former Democratic state Senate leader Gloria Romero, who favors\\\\ncharter schools, as does Elder. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"His\\\\npolitical views reflect a libertarian mindset that would elicit cringes among\\\\nprogressive voters — he believes government has grown too big, too intrusive,\\\\ntoo costly.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"He stands\\\\nopposed to what he sees as government overreach, hence his opposition to\\\\nsweeping mask mandates and the minimum wage. He's been critical of Roe v. 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In a 1995\\\\ninterview with The Orange County Register he said, \\\\\\\"We have to stop\\\\nbitching and moaning and whining and crying and blaming the white man for\\\\neverything.\\\\\\\" \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Black\\\\nDemocratic leaders recently held an event to denounce his views on race. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"He\\\\nmay look like us, he may talk like us, but he is not one of us,\\\\\\\" said\\\\nMalia Cohen, a member of the California State Board of Equalization, which\\\\noversees collection of state taxes.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The\\\\nembattled Newsom has called Elder \\\\\\\"more extreme than Trump in many\\\\nrespects.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"From the\\\\nstart, Democrats have sought to link the recall effort to the former president,\\\\nwho is widely unpopular in the state outside his conservative base. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Elder\\\\nrejects the notion that he's a mirror image of Trump, noting that he's broken\\\\nwith him on trade — Elder disagreed with tariffs and other restrictions imposed\\\\nby the former president — and also thought Trump erred by cutting Afghanistan\\\\ntroop levels. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Newsom's\\\\nsteady focus on Elder isn't a surprise, says Democratic pollster Ben Tulchin.\\\\nIt allowed the governor to recast the race from a referendum on his own tenure\\\\nby \\\\\\\"putting a face on the alternative.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Without\\\\na clear alternative, it was hard for Gavin and the Democrats to say, 'Oppose\\\\nthe recall,' because it's such an amorphous thing,\\\\\\\" Tulchin said.\\\\n\\\\\\\"Now, he can hold up Elder to define the race on partisan terms.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"With\\\\nmail-in ballots already being returned, the contest remains heavy with\\\\nunknowns, including who will bother to vote in an election scheduled in what is\\\\nnormally an off-election year.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Elder\\\\nmight benefit from little-noticed wrinkles in state voting patterns. California\\\\nhas a liberal tilt, but not always. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Voters in\\\\n2020 rejected an organized labor-backed attempt to partially dismantle the\\\\nstate's decades-old cap on property taxes, as well as reinstate affirmative\\\\naction, while Republicans ousted Democrats in four U.S. House seats.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Elder says\\\\nhe considers the race a longshot, given Newsom's ability to raise unlimited\\\\nfunds. 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The rapid ascent of Republican Larry Elder in the September 14 recall election that could remove Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is a striking turn in a state regarded as a Democratic fortress and national showcase for liberal policies on climate change, immigration and health care. Also Read: Joe Biden's link to Raaj Kumar from 'Saudagar' explored by the internet,Elder is a talk radio host who Newsom identifies as his biggest threat in an election widely acknowledged as tight. Elder is promising to reverse California's progressive drift that he blames for an unrelenting homeless crisis, high taxes, spiking crime rates and government creep into people's lives and livelihoods — from anti-science coronavirus mandates to regulations he says slow-walk housing construction. There is a saying that the future happens first in California, and Elder's potentially historic victory could have broad implications, coming on the threshold of 2022 elections that will decide control of Congress. ,An Elder win would also trigger a power struggle with Sacramento's Democratic state legislative majority over everything from government appointments to how to spend billions of taxpayer dollars. ,In California young families are leaving, the taxes are going up on gasoline and this governor is either incompetent or indifferent, says Elder, who would become the first Black governor of the nation's most populous state. He's got to go. Also Read: Some Americans left behind: Antony Blinken confirms after US pulls out of Afghanistan,In another year, the charismatic Elder's candidacy in heavily Democratic California might be a footnote — the GOP hasn't won a statewide race since 2006 and Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by nearly 2-to-1. Former President Donald Trump lost the state to Joe Biden last year by more than 5 million votes. But the unusual math that underlies the rare, late-summer recall election could upend the expected. ,For years, Republicans have envisioned that a confluence of crises might result in a pendulum swing in leadership in a state that was home to — and voted for — Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. ,Mail-in ballots went out in mid-August. They are being returned at a time when COVID again is spiking and many voters are angry and looking for someone to blame. The recall was driven by weariness over Newsom's whipsaw pandemic rules that closed businesses and schools, but it's buttressed by grievances that range from frustration with sprawling homeless encampments to soaring housing costs. ,The GOP's chances rest in the atypical rules of the recall election. ,There are two questions on the ballot: First, should Newsom be removed, yes or no? If a majority agrees to oust him, his successor is whoever gets the most votes on the second question. With 46 candidates, the winner could get 25% or less. Also Read: Joe Biden to address the nation after US ends Afghanistan war,It's a rare opportunity for the GOP in a state where Democrats hold every statewide office and dominate the Legislature and congressional delegation. Republicans account for only 24% of registered voters, but the dynamics of the recall have allowed Elder and other conservative candidates to target their campaigns at right-leaning voters who could provide a sufficient winning edge. ,Elder quickly overshadowed a field of GOP rivals that include businessman John Cox, state Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer and former Olympian and reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner. Newsom was successful in keeping prominent Democrats off the ballot, though YouTube personality Kevin Paffrath has emerged as a potential contender within Newsom's party. At 69, Elder is a latecomer as a first-time candidate and he's far from a household name. However, he's been a celebrity within conservative circles for years through his provocative radio show that for many stations is part of lineup of conservative voices that includes Elder's mentor, Dennis Prager. Elder has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and counts nearly 2 million followers on social media. The self-styled Sage of South Central –- a reference to the rough Los Angeles neighborhood where he grew up -- is taut with energy that belies his age. When arguing points, he can talk with the rapid-fire certitude of the lawyer that he is — Elder is a 1977 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and received an undergraduate degree from Brown University. Arguably Elder's biggest headline since entering the race July 12 was an unwelcome one – a former fiancee, Alexandra Datig, alleged he was emotionally abusive and showed her a gun during an argument in 2015, a claim Elder denies. However, the allegations do not appear to have slowed his campaign's trajectory. He rolled out endorsements last week that included GOP national Committeeman Shawn Steel and former Democratic state Senate leader Gloria Romero, who favors charter schools, as does Elder. ,His political views reflect a libertarian mindset that would elicit cringes among progressive voters — he believes government has grown too big, too intrusive, too costly. He stands opposed to what he sees as government overreach, hence his opposition to sweeping mask mandates and the minimum wage. He's been critical of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, arguing that such restrictions should be left to states. ,To Elder, climate change is real but he also warns against a war on oil and gas and shifting too quickly into a renewable-energy economy, which he says would cost jobs and fail to keep the lights on. ,His views on race often have put him at odds with other Blacks. Elder is critical of the Black Lives Matter movement, and he has called racial quotas a a crutch and a cop-out. He opposes efforts to defund police. In a 1995 interview with The Orange County Register he said, We have to stop bitching and moaning and whining and crying and blaming the white man for everything. ,Black Democratic leaders recently held an event to denounce his views on race. ,He may look like us, he may talk like us, but he is not one of us, said Malia Cohen, a member of the California State Board of Equalization, which oversees collection of state taxes. The embattled Newsom has called Elder more extreme than Trump in many respects. From the start, Democrats have sought to link the recall effort to the former president, who is widely unpopular in the state outside his conservative base. ,Elder rejects the notion that he's a mirror image of Trump, noting that he's broken with him on trade — Elder disagreed with tariffs and other restrictions imposed by the former president — and also thought Trump erred by cutting Afghanistan troop levels. ,Newsom's steady focus on Elder isn't a surprise, says Democratic pollster Ben Tulchin. It allowed the governor to recast the race from a referendum on his own tenure by putting a face on the alternative. Without a clear alternative, it was hard for Gavin and the Democrats to say, 'Oppose the recall,' because it's such an amorphous thing, Tulchin said. Now, he can hold up Elder to define the race on partisan terms. With mail-in ballots already being returned, the contest remains heavy with unknowns, including who will bother to vote in an election scheduled in what is normally an off-election year. Elder might benefit from little-noticed wrinkles in state voting patterns. California has a liberal tilt, but not always. ,Voters in 2020 rejected an organized labor-backed attempt to partially dismantle the state's decades-old cap on property taxes, as well as reinstate affirmative action, while Republicans ousted Democrats in four U.S. House seats. Elder says he considers the race a longshot, given Newsom's ability to raise unlimited funds. But he believes he's the only Republican likely to deliver a stunning surprise next month. ,I don't think anybody can win except for me, he says.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"34.0522","longitude":"-118.2437","name":"Los Angeles, CA, USA","city":"Los Angeles"},"keywords":"Larry Elder, Gavin Newsom, Newscom, GOP Larry Elder, California elections","originalPublishedOn":"2021-08-31T05:50:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"bwXf9eB3jr0c","slug":"us-house-passes-legislation-to-strengthen-the-voting-rights-act","slugV2":"world/us-house-passes-legislation-to-strengthen-the-voting-rights-act-229810/","title":"US House passes legislation to strengthen the Voting Rights Act","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_Wg9Q3WcVy.jpg","coverCaption":"The bill to empower voting rights passed in the House on Tuesday. 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It has been named after the former Georgia lawmaker and civil rights leader, who died last year.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bill, which got cleared in the lower legislative chamber of the United States, will put power in the hands of the federal government and racial minorities to resist any election rule that could be \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/republican-voting-bill-back-on-agenda-as-democrat-holdout-ends-in-texas?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003econsidered discriminatory in nature\u003c/a\u003e, according to reports from CNN.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Voting Rights Act, which was put in force in the United States in 1965, have the country's \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/us-justice-department-allows-testimonies-of-former-employees-on-capitol-riots?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eDepartment of Justice\u003c/a\u003e a crucial power to restrict jurisdictions that had a history of voter\u0026nbsp;discrimination from changing their voting rules. 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The Senate is currently thinly divided between the two parties, which means that even one vote that crosses party lines can determine the future of the bill.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"According to reports from CNN, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/lisa-murkowski-breaks-her-silence-on-afghanistans-situation?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eSenator Lisa Murkowski\u003c/a\u003e, a lawmaker from Alaska, is the only Republican party member who is expected to support the John Lewis bill.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Senate minority leader and prominent lawmaker from the Republican Party, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/shameful-failure-mitch-mcconnell-lashes-out-at-joe-biden-on-afghan-pullout?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eMitch McConnell\u003c/a\u003e, labelled the bill \\\\\\\"unnecessary\\\\\\\" in June this year saying that it will \\\\\\\"grant to the Justice Department almost total ability to determine the voting systems of every state in America.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"He also defended his stance by saying that it is \\\\\\\"already against the law to discriminate in voting on the basis of race already\\\\\\\", according to CNN.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"amanbutani1975","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"HouseofRepresentatives","slug":"houseofrepresentatives","id":"XhJO5RWysx36","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ","isSection":0},{"name":"Vote","slug":"vote","id":"i3wcam5kdL4U","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"MitchMcConnell","slug":"mitchmcconnell","id":"UWN6mnksnnkl","isSection":0},{"name":"USSenate","slug":"ussenate","id":"1awmCmIjhk9L","isSection":0},{"name":"Senate","slug":"senate","id":"Um5KTbuGxMjX","isSection":0},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8","isSection":1},{"name":"International","slug":"international","id":"NYS6J2BBfSdS","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"wo3kJpOpSZW2","username":"amanbutani1975","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-08-25T05:24:44+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The United States House of Representatives passed a legislation on Tuesday that would assist in protecting the right to vote as states dominated by Republican lawmakers has been on a streak of restricting electoral procedures.,The newly approved legislation is also called the John Lewis bill. It has been named after the former Georgia lawmaker and civil rights leader, who died last year.,The bill, which got cleared in the lower legislative chamber of the United States, will put power in the hands of the federal government and racial minorities to resist any election rule that could be considered discriminatory in nature, according to reports from CNN.,The Voting Rights Act, which was put in force in the United States in 1965, have the country's Department of Justice a crucial power to restrict jurisdictions that had a history of voter discrimination from changing their voting rules. The aspect was deemed outdated by the United States Supreme Court in 2013 in the Shelby County v. Holder case, according to reports from CNN.,The legislation will now travel to the United States Senate, where it is likely to face a tough challenge from the members of the Republican party. The Senate is currently thinly divided between the two parties, which means that even one vote that crosses party lines can determine the future of the bill.,According to reports from CNN, Senator Lisa Murkowski, a lawmaker from Alaska, is the only Republican party member who is expected to support the John Lewis bill.,Senate minority leader and prominent lawmaker from the Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, labelled the bill unnecessary in June this year saying that it will grant to the Justice Department almost total ability to determine the voting systems of every state in America.,He also defended his stance by saying that it is already against the law to discriminate in voting on the basis of race already, according to CNN.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Voting Rights Act, John Lewis bill, Justice Department, Voting rights, Republican party, House of Representatives","originalPublishedOn":"2021-08-25T05:24:44+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"1kXa0iwDp5S1","slug":"republican-voting-bill-back-on-agenda-as-democrat-holdout-ends-in-texas","slugV2":"usa/republican-voting-bill-back-on-agenda-as-democrat-holdout-ends-in-texas-114228/","title":"Republican voting bill back on agenda as Democrat holdout ends in Texas","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_TLoZxVm6B.jpg","coverCaption":"Texas is the last GOP state which has not passed the bill. (Photo Credit: ","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-08-21T05:10:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe state is likely to pass the bill only in a matter of weeks\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe bill must reach Republican Governor Greg Abbott's desk by September 5\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe three lawmakers — Armando Walle, Ana Hernandez, and Garnet Coleman — defended their return\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1629502797114,\\\"strCount\\\":2958,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/texas/\\\\\\\"\u003eTexas\u003c/a\u003e Republican lawmakers are back on a fast track to pass a sweeping voting bill after a sudden end of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democraticparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e' 38-day walkout. The decision to end the walkout is causing rifts among some Democrats who said on Friday that they felt \\\\\\\"betrayed\\\\\\\" by colleagues who returned to the state Capitol. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Texas is the last big GOP-controlled state not to have passed the restrictive voting laws that have been driven by former President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donaldtrump/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e's claims of a stolen 2020 election. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The state is likely to pass the bill only in a matter of weeks after enough Democratic lawmakers ended their holdout on Thursday to restore a quorum — by the slimmest of margins — in the state House of Representatives.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/new-evidence-suggests-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-report?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eNew evidence suggests US Capitol attack was coordinated: Report\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The move by a section of Democrats broke a stalemate that brought the Texas Capitol to a standstill. Now the Republicans are working fast to advance a sweeping bill to the House floor as early as Monday. The collapse of Democrats' holdout frustrated a faction that appeared ready to torpedo the bill for the third time in the state. GOP holds a\u0026nbsp;commanding majority in the statehouse and it was always unlikely that the Democrats could permanently stop the bill from passing.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bill must reach Republican Governor Greg Abbott's desk by September 5. If it does not, Republicans will have to start over and try again for the fourth time.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Nearly three dozen Democratic lawmakers have signed onto a statement that did not say whether they would now return but took aim at the few who already did.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"We are disappointed that a few Democrats chose to return to the floor. We feel betrayed and heartbroken, but our resolve is strong and this fight is not over,\\\\\\\" the Associated Press quoted the statement as saying. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Not all Democrats took part in the walkout, but the return of three Houston lawmakers on Thursday is what finally pushed the House back to a quorum, which is normally 100 representatives. In a statement on Thursday, the three lawmakers — Armando Walle, Ana Hernandez, and Garnet Coleman — defended their return by pointing to the growing urgency of surging COVID-19 caseloads in Texas.\u0026nbsp; They also said they had pushed Congress enough on voting rights legislation.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"For months, Texas Republicans have tried to pass measures that would prohibit 24-hour polling sites, ban drive-through voting and give partisan poll watchers more access. Those elements remain in a bill that was already passed by the Senate, and while the House may make changes, Republicans have shown no indication that they will remove some of the most hotly contested provisions. \\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Houston, TX, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Shivam Pratap Singh","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_YyDFmzhxz.jpg","username":"ShivamPratapSingh","id":"fxqCIKdU69Gj","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Texas","slug":"texas","id":"5XE2gabHzcdC","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Shivam Pratap Singh","id":"fxqCIKdU69Gj","username":"ShivamPratapSingh","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-08-21T05:10:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Texas Republican lawmakers are back on a fast track to pass a sweeping voting bill after a sudden end of Democrats' 38-day walkout. The decision to end the walkout is causing rifts among some Democrats who said on Friday that they felt betrayed by colleagues who returned to the state Capitol. ,Texas is the last big GOP-controlled state not to have passed the restrictive voting laws that have been driven by former President Donald Trump's claims of a stolen 2020 election. ,The state is likely to pass the bill only in a matter of weeks after enough Democratic lawmakers ended their holdout on Thursday to restore a quorum — by the slimmest of margins — in the state House of Representatives.,Also read: New evidence suggests US Capitol attack was coordinated: Report,The move by a section of Democrats broke a stalemate that brought the Texas Capitol to a standstill. Now the Republicans are working fast to advance a sweeping bill to the House floor as early as Monday. The collapse of Democrats' holdout frustrated a faction that appeared ready to torpedo the bill for the third time in the state. GOP holds a commanding majority in the statehouse and it was always unlikely that the Democrats could permanently stop the bill from passing.,The bill must reach Republican Governor Greg Abbott's desk by September 5. If it does not, Republicans will have to start over and try again for the fourth time.,Nearly three dozen Democratic lawmakers have signed onto a statement that did not say whether they would now return but took aim at the few who already did.,We are disappointed that a few Democrats chose to return to the floor. We feel betrayed and heartbroken, but our resolve is strong and this fight is not over, the Associated Press quoted the statement as saying. ,Not all Democrats took part in the walkout, but the return of three Houston lawmakers on Thursday is what finally pushed the House back to a quorum, which is normally 100 representatives. In a statement on Thursday, the three lawmakers — Armando Walle, Ana Hernandez, and Garnet Coleman — defended their return by pointing to the growing urgency of surging COVID-19 caseloads in Texas. They also said they had pushed Congress enough on voting rights legislation.,For months, Texas Republicans have tried to pass measures that would prohibit 24-hour polling sites, ban drive-through voting and give partisan poll watchers more access. Those elements remain in a bill that was already passed by the Senate, and while the House may make changes, Republicans have shown no indication that they will remove some of the most hotly contested provisions.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"29.7604","longitude":"-95.3698","name":"Houston, TX, USA","city":"Houston"},"keywords":"Texas, voting bill","originalPublishedOn":"2021-08-21T05:10:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"lgmOSbdv9BPp","slug":"wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-vetoes-bills-restricting-absentee-ballots","slugV2":"usa/wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-vetoes-bills-restricting-absentee-ballots-406509/","title":"Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes bills restricting absentee ballots","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_wvVNxFn1zGo.jpg","coverCaption":"The bills were passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature. (Photo credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-08-11T02:15:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe governor also said that two Wisconsin counties should not comply with\u0026nbsp;subpoenas to turn over ballots\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Wisconsin bills are part of\u0026nbsp;a nationwide push by the Republican Party to reshape elections\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eWisconsin Republicans don't have enough votes to override Evers' veto\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1628626838233,\\\"strCount\\\":4401,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/wisconsin/\\\\\\\"\u003eWisconsin\u003c/a\u003e Governor Tony Evers vetoed a series of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublican\u003c/a\u003e-backed bills on\u0026nbsp; Tuesday that aimed to imposed new restrictions on absentee ballots in the key battleground state.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bills were passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature, the Associated Press reported.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The governor also said that two Wisconsin counties should not comply with\u0026nbsp;subpoenas to turn over ballots and voting equipment\u0026nbsp;as part of an investigation being led by the Republican head of the Assembly elections committee.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“Hell no. You’ve seen what’s going on in Arizona. It’s a clown show,” Evers was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Wisconsin bills, and ongoing investigations, are part of\u0026nbsp;a nationwide push by the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublican Party\u003c/a\u003e to reshape elections\u0026nbsp;and voting after President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donaldtrump/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e narrowly lost a second term to Democrat \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/joebiden/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden\u003c/a\u003e. Evers' veto came as Republicans in Texas\u0026nbsp;moved closer to mustering a quorum\u0026nbsp;to pass voting changes stymied by Democrats fleeing the state.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Wisconsin Republicans don't have enough votes to override Evers' veto. No Democrats supported the legislation that passed in June.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republican Senate President Chris Kapenga said the vetoes make elections less \\\\\\\"accurate, transparent, and secure.”\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden beat Trump by just under 21,000 votes in Wisconsin. Numerous state and federal lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies after the defeat were rejected.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Still, Wisconsin Republicans have approved a review of the 2020 election by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has\u0026nbsp;authorized a separate investigation\u0026nbsp;led by a former state Supreme Court justice. State Representative Janel Brandtjen, who leads the Assembly’s elections committee, is also\u0026nbsp;pursuing her own “cyber-forensic” review of the results, with subpoenas to election clerks in two counties that demand they turn over ballots and voting equipment.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Evers said he expected the subpoenas to be fought in court.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“It’s a ridiculous effort to subject our democracy to a new low,” Evers said of attempts by Republicans in Arizona, Wisconsin, and other states to conduct forensic audits of Trump’s defeat in the November 2020 election. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“We held a fair, free, secure election and Joe Biden is our president. 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And all absentee voters would have had to fill out more paperwork and show their ID every time they vote absentee, rather than just the first time.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The second bill would have blocked the longstanding practice of allowing local election officials to fill in missing information on the envelopes that voters use to return absentee ballots.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Evers vetoed a third bill that would have disallowed ballot collection events any earlier than two weeks before an election. It also would have allowed for only one collection site for absentee ballots, located near the local clerk's office.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Another bill Evers vetoed would have made it a felony for an employee of a nursing home or other care facility to coerce an occupant to apply for, or not apply for, an absentee ballot. It would also require the nursing home to provide notice to relatives when special voting deputies planned to be on hand to assist residents with casting their ballots.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Vos, the Assembly GOP speaker, said Evers made “another momentous mistake” by vetoing the bills.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“These bills closed loopholes, standardized procedures, established uniformity, guaranteed only the voter can correct their own ballot and protected votes of seniors in long-term care. 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You’ve seen what’s going on in Arizona. It’s a clown show,” Evers was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.,The Wisconsin bills, and ongoing investigations, are part of\u0026nbsp;a nationwide push by the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/republicanparty\"\u003eRepublican Party\u003c/a\u003e to reshape elections\u0026nbsp;and voting after President \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/donaldtrump\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e narrowly lost a second term to Democrat \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/joebiden\"\u003eJoe Biden\u003c/a\u003e. Evers' veto came as Republicans in Texas\u0026nbsp;moved closer to mustering a quorum\u0026nbsp;to pass voting changes stymied by Democrats fleeing the state.,Wisconsin Republicans don't have enough votes to override Evers' veto. No Democrats supported the legislation that passed in June.,Republican Senate President Chris Kapenga said the vetoes make elections less \"accurate, transparent, and secure.”,Biden beat Trump by just under 21,000 votes in Wisconsin. Numerous state and federal lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies after the defeat were rejected.,Still, Wisconsin Republicans have approved a review of the 2020 election by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has\u0026nbsp;authorized a separate investigation\u0026nbsp;led by a former state Supreme Court justice. State Representative Janel Brandtjen, who leads the Assembly’s elections committee, is also\u0026nbsp;pursuing her own “cyber-forensic” review of the results, with subpoenas to election clerks in two counties that demand they turn over ballots and voting equipment.,Evers said he expected the subpoenas to be fought in court.,“It’s a ridiculous effort to subject our democracy to a new low,” Evers said of attempts by Republicans in Arizona, Wisconsin, and other states to conduct forensic audits of Trump’s defeat in the November 2020 election. ,“We held a fair, free, secure election and Joe Biden is our president. People need to understand this election is over,” he said.,Brandtjen said if Evers was confident there were no issues with the election he wouldn't fight turning over the ballots or election equipment.,“What are they hiding?” Brandtjen said.,One of the bills Evers vetoed would have required most elderly and disabled people who are indefinitely confined — unable to get to the polls on their own — to show photo ID to vote absentee. Such voters would have to apply for a ballot every year, rather than having one sent automatically. And all absentee voters would have had to fill out more paperwork and show their ID every time they vote absentee, rather than just the first time.,The second bill would have blocked the longstanding practice of allowing local election officials to fill in missing information on the envelopes that voters use to return absentee ballots.,Evers vetoed a third bill that would have disallowed ballot collection events any earlier than two weeks before an election. It also would have allowed for only one collection site for absentee ballots, located near the local clerk's office.\u0026nbsp;,Another bill Evers vetoed would have made it a felony for an employee of a nursing home or other care facility to coerce an occupant to apply for, or not apply for, an absentee ballot. It would also require the nursing home to provide notice to relatives when special voting deputies planned to be on hand to assist residents with casting their ballots.,Vos, the Assembly GOP speaker, said Evers made “another momentous mistake” by vetoing the bills.,“These bills closed loopholes, standardized procedures, established uniformity, guaranteed only the voter can correct their own ballot and protected votes of seniors in long-term care. I am very disappointed Governor Evers refuses to do the right thing,” Vos was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"43.7844","longitude":"-88.7879","name":"Wisconsin, USA","city":"Fond du Lac"},"keywords":"Wisconsin, Governor, Voting bills, Veto","originalPublishedOn":"2021-08-11T02:15:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"ji42Jv8RcfaG","slug":"centre-seeks-uidai-nod-to-use-aadhaar-for-voter-registration","slugV2":"india/centre-seeks-uidai-nod-to-use-aadhaar-for-voter-registration-370381/","title":"Centre seeks UIDAI nod to use Aadhaar for voter registration","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_bpKxAAC1U.jpg","coverCaption":"Can Aadhaar weed out bogus voters? (Photo: Representational/PTI)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-08-08T10:55:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe government has written to UIDAI seeking permission to uses Aadhaar for voter enrollment\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSeeding Aadhar with voter cards is expected to remove duplicate entries and bogus voters from voters’ lists\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Election Commission too has been pushing for use of Aadhaar for voter verification\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1628400101451,\\\"strCount\\\":2707,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Indian\\\\ngovernment has sought permission from the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/former-ias-officer-anup-chandra-pandey-appointed-election-commissioner-of-india?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eUnique Identification Authority of\\\\nIndia\u003c/a\u003e (UIDAI), the Aadhaar authority of the country, to permit the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/former-ias-officer-anup-chandra-pandey-appointed-election-commissioner-of-india?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eElection\\\\nCommission\u003c/a\u003e to use Aadhaar for registration of new voters. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Law Ministry\\\\nsaid that Aadhaar verification could be used for faster delivery of services\\\\nsuch as changes in address.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read |\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/india-records-39070-new-covid-cases-491-deaths-in-last-24-hours?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;India records 39,070 new COVID cases, higher than yesterday\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The government\\\\nfurther said that downloading e-EPICS (electronic Elector’s Photo Identity\\\\nCard) or voter slips could be allowed under Rule 3 of The Aadhaar\\\\nAuthentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation and Knowledge)\\\\nRules, 2020. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The rules were notified\\\\non August 5, 2020 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.\\\\nThey provided for the use of Aadhaar authentication “in the interest of good\\\\ngovernance, preventing leakage of public funds, promoting ease of living of\\\\nresidents and enabling better access to services for them”.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"If UIDAI and the\\\\ngovernment agree, it will be possible to freely seed voter cards with Aadhaar\\\\nwithout amending The Representation of the People Act, 1950 and The Aadhaar Act\\\\nof 2016.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read |\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/former-ias-officer-anup-chandra-pandey-appointed-election-commissioner-of-india?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\\\\\\\"\u003eFormer IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey appointed Election Commissioner\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Election\\\\nCommission too seeks to use Aadhaar for voter registration. The EC had said\\\\nearlier that Aadhaar seeding will allow the commission to weed out duplicate\\\\nentries and bogus voters on its voter lists. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“This step will\\\\nalso pave the way for exploring use of technology for voting and verification\\\\nof voter identity in the future,” the commission had said. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The EC has\\\\nsuggested an amendment to the Representation of People Act and has sought that\\\\nthe electoral registration officer be empowered to ask a person to furnish\\\\ntheir Aadhaar number to establish their identity and their enrollment as\\\\nvoters. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However, the\\\\nproposed amendment maintains that no one would be denied enrolment in voters’\\\\nlist for being unable to furnish an Aadhaar card. \u0026nbsp;\u003cb\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":null,"createdBy":{"name":"Sammya Mukhopadhyay","photo":"https://opoyi.com/images/opoyi_3P8-dIXou.jpg?tr=w-600,q-70,dpr","username":"sammya","id":"eHHzkYx6brHC","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"India","slug":"india","id":"Bq4MmUPrXF8p","isSection":1},{"name":"AadhaarCard","slug":"aadhaarcard","id":"2uctzMfUfoGU","isSection":0},{"name":"Election","slug":"election","id":"tS56lcuz9H09","isSection":0},{"name":"ElectionCommissionOfIndia","slug":"electioncommissionofindia","id":"Uycwmr3Qy7c3","isSection":0},{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"news","slug":"news","id":"TtrHLXvjg4wB","isSection":0},{"name":"IndiaNews","slug":"indianews","id":"hmzqkpDB7jEj","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sammya Mukhopadhyay","id":"GOl1ARDbv7mE","username":"u8637881244","role":3,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-08-08T10:55:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The Indian\ngovernment has sought permission from the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/former-ias-officer-anup-chandra-pandey-appointed-election-commissioner-of-india?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\"\u003eUnique Identification Authority of\nIndia\u003c/a\u003e (UIDAI), the Aadhaar authority of the country, to permit the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/former-ias-officer-anup-chandra-pandey-appointed-election-commissioner-of-india?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\"\u003eElection\nCommission\u003c/a\u003e to use Aadhaar for registration of new voters. ,The Law Ministry\nsaid that Aadhaar verification could be used for faster delivery of services\nsuch as changes in address.,Also Read |\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/india-records-39070-new-covid-cases-491-deaths-in-last-24-hours?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;India records 39,070 new COVID cases, higher than yesterday\u003c/a\u003e,The government\nfurther said that downloading e-EPICS (electronic Elector’s Photo Identity\nCard) or voter slips could be allowed under Rule 3 of The Aadhaar\nAuthentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation and Knowledge)\nRules, 2020. ,The rules were notified\non August 5, 2020 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.\nThey provided for the use of Aadhaar authentication “in the interest of good\ngovernance, preventing leakage of public funds, promoting ease of living of\nresidents and enabling better access to services for them”.,If UIDAI and the\ngovernment agree, it will be possible to freely seed voter cards with Aadhaar\nwithout amending The Representation of the People Act, 1950 and The Aadhaar Act\nof 2016.,Also Read |\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/former-ias-officer-anup-chandra-pandey-appointed-election-commissioner-of-india?utm_source=copy-share\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0026amp;utm_campaign=none\"\u003eFormer IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey appointed Election Commissioner\u003c/a\u003e,The Election\nCommission too seeks to use Aadhaar for voter registration. The EC had said\nearlier that Aadhaar seeding will allow the commission to weed out duplicate\nentries and bogus voters on its voter lists. ,“This step will\nalso pave the way for exploring use of technology for voting and verification\nof voter identity in the future,” the commission had said. ,The EC has\nsuggested an amendment to the Representation of People Act and has sought that\nthe electoral registration officer be empowered to ask a person to furnish\ntheir Aadhaar number to establish their identity and their enrollment as\nvoters. ,However, the\nproposed amendment maintains that no one would be denied enrolment in voters’\nlist for being unable to furnish an Aadhaar card. \u0026nbsp;\u003cb\u003e\u003c/b\u003e","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":null,"originalPublishedOn":"2021-08-08T10:55:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"NEpNfxopa65a","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-the-political-battle-over-voting-rights-in-us","slugV2":"usa/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-political-battle-over-voting-rights-in-us-442591/","title":"All you need to know about the political battle over voting rights in US","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_nVUlztyq4.jpg","coverCaption":"Republican-controlled states have adopted laws to restrict voting. (Representative Image/Pixabay)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-07-14T03:40:37+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDespite the pandemic, Americans\u0026nbsp;turned out in record numbers for the 2020 election\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eNow, Republicans in many states are making it harder to vote\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eJoe Biden said that protecting voting rights is a historic \"test\"\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1626214237602,\\\"strCount\\\":5153,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said that protecting voting rights from what \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-says-us-democracy-threatened-by-republican-subversion-417277/\\\\\\\"\u003ehe called Republican \\\\\\\"election subversion\\\\\\\"\u003c/a\u003e is a historic \\\\\\\"test.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"It's up to all of us to protect that right. It's a test of our time,\\\\\\\" he said in a speech in Philadelphia.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Despite a raging pandemic, Americans\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/2020-us-presidential-election-records-highest-ever-voter-turnout-in-120-years-525950/\\\\\\\"\u003eturned out in record numbers for the 2020 election\u003c/a\u003e, however, Republicans in many states are marking that achievement with new laws to make it harder to vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"According to Republican claims, the expanded hours for voting, wider access to mail-in ballots, and other accommodations made considering the coronavirus pandemic \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/i-want-to-lose-an-election-fair-and-square-says-donald-trump-154456/\\\\\\\"\u003eled to extensive voter fraud in the November election\u003c/a\u003e. However, there is no evidence to back the claim.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats argue that Republicans, after losing the White House and Senate in the November vote, simply want to curb the voting rights of people, especially African-Americans, Native Americans and others who are more likely to support the Democrats.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Starting from January 17, days before Biden took office, Republican-controlled states have adopted laws to restrict voting, and more are weighing such actions, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eLet's take a look at the kinds of restrictions Republicans are pushing:\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"1. As a part of the nationwide reformation, some Republican-controlled states recently passed legislation that demands voters\u0026nbsp;register early and do so with an official ID card like a driver's licence.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However,\u0026nbsp;according to the ACLU, 21 million people do not have drivers' licenses or any other form of official ID. The civil liberties group says ID requirements hit the poor more than others, and can result in a 2-3% fall in voter turnout.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"2. While, traditionally, political parties have gone from door to door to help people register, in Republican Ron DeSantis governed Florida new rules have been implemented to restrict this freedom.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Similarly, in North Dakota, one rule that Republicans proposed that was rejected was to require a street address from anyone who registers. The move specially targeted native Americans who live on reservations without street designations and largely use Post Office boxes.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"3. Owing to the coronavirus situation, in the 2020 election the number of people who voted by mail more than doubled from four years earlier, resulting in many ballots being delivered late and not counted until days after election day. Reports mostly suggest that people who vote by mail are likely to be supporters of the\u0026nbsp;Democratic Party.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Hence, Republicans in a number of states have proposed or passed new legislation limiting who can vote by mail. Georgia cut in half the time allowed to obtain a mail-in ballot.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/arizona-restrictions-do-not-violate-voting-rights-act-us-supreme-court-105340/\\\\\\\"\u003eArizona proposed\u003c/a\u003e to require that every mailed ballot be post-marked five days before an election -- ignoring evidence from 2020 that many mailed ballots are not post-marked.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In June Wisconsin's Republican legislature voted to require anyone wanting a mail-in ballot to formally request it in writing, with a copy of their ID. That will discourage mail-in or absentee ballots.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Georgia and other states have moved to limit the availability of drop-boxes for mail ballots, also making it more difficult to cast a ballot.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans also seek to stop people from delivering votes to polling places for persons who are unable to do so. In Arizona and Montana, this strategy is being employed against native Americans who reside on huge reservations and vote overwhelmingly Democratic. In Montana, a new legislation prohibits organised ballot gathering on reservations.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/texas-democrats-to-fly-out-to-deny-house-quorum-to-pass-voting-bill-335763/\\\\\\\"\u003eTexas Democrats fly out to deny House quorum to pass the voting bill\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting in person was expanded by the number of days and hours per day in many states, helping to expand overall turnout. Now legislators in some states are shortening the number of days and the hours for early voting. That can make it difficult for people who work long hours to be able to vote, which can affect poorer people disproportionately. It can also lead to longer lines to vote on election day, which also discourages people.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"5. On election day in Georgia last year -- as in several other states in many election cycles -- voters in largely Democrat, African-American districts had to wait in line for hours. To help them with the long wait volunteers handed out water and snacks. However, now the Republican-majority government in \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/georgia-senate-passes-bill-restricting-voting-access-awaiting-governors-sign-319102/\\\\\\\"\u003eGeorgia is banning people from providing snacks\u003c/a\u003e, while not taking action to make sure lines are shorter.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sayantan Guha","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_I-sDF1vQy.jpg","username":"GuhaSayantan","id":"kIJrBcmyBotC","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","isSection":0},{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu","isSection":0},{"name":"USElection","slug":"uselection","id":"izxeDCT9KwwC","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sayantan Guha","id":"kIJrBcmyBotC","username":"GuhaSayantan","role":3,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[{"id":"2","name":"AFP"}],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-07-14T03:40:37+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said that protecting voting rights from what \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/joe-biden-says-us-democracy-threatened-by-republican-subversion\"\u003ehe called Republican \"election subversion\"\u003c/a\u003e is a historic \"test.\",\"It's up to all of us to protect that right. It's a test of our time,\" he said in a speech in Philadelphia.,Despite a raging pandemic, Americans\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/2020-us-presidential-election-records-highest-ever-voter-turnout-in-120-years\"\u003eturned out in record numbers for the 2020 election\u003c/a\u003e, however, Republicans in many states are marking that achievement with new laws to make it harder to vote.,According to Republican claims, the expanded hours for voting, wider access to mail-in ballots, and other accommodations made considering the coronavirus pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/i-want-to-lose-an-election-fair-and-square-says-donald-trump\"\u003eled to extensive voter fraud in the November election\u003c/a\u003e. However, there is no evidence to back the claim.,Democrats argue that Republicans, after losing the White House and Senate in the November vote, simply want to curb the voting rights of people, especially African-Americans, Native Americans and others who are more likely to support the Democrats.,Starting from January 17, days before Biden took office, Republican-controlled states have adopted laws to restrict voting, and more are weighing such actions, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.,\u003cb\u003eLet's take a look at the kinds of restrictions Republicans are pushing:\u003c/b\u003e,1. As a part of the nationwide reformation, some Republican-controlled states recently passed legislation that demands voters\u0026nbsp;register early and do so with an official ID card like a driver's licence.\u0026nbsp;,However,\u0026nbsp;according to the ACLU, 21 million people do not have drivers' licenses or any other form of official ID. The civil liberties group says ID requirements hit the poor more than others, and can result in a 2-3% fall in voter turnout.,2. While, traditionally, political parties have gone from door to door to help people register, in Republican Ron DeSantis governed Florida new rules have been implemented to restrict this freedom.,Similarly, in North Dakota, one rule that Republicans proposed that was rejected was to require a street address from anyone who registers. The move specially targeted native Americans who live on reservations without street designations and largely use Post Office boxes.,3. Owing to the coronavirus situation, in the 2020 election the number of people who voted by mail more than doubled from four years earlier, resulting in many ballots being delivered late and not counted until days after election day. Reports mostly suggest that people who vote by mail are likely to be supporters of the\u0026nbsp;Democratic Party.,Hence, Republicans in a number of states have proposed or passed new legislation limiting who can vote by mail. Georgia cut in half the time allowed to obtain a mail-in ballot.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/arizona-restrictions-do-not-violate-voting-rights-act-us-supreme-court\"\u003eArizona proposed\u003c/a\u003e to require that every mailed ballot be post-marked five days before an election -- ignoring evidence from 2020 that many mailed ballots are not post-marked.,In June Wisconsin's Republican legislature voted to require anyone wanting a mail-in ballot to formally request it in writing, with a copy of their ID. That will discourage mail-in or absentee ballots.,Georgia and other states have moved to limit the availability of drop-boxes for mail ballots, also making it more difficult to cast a ballot.,Republicans also seek to stop people from delivering votes to polling places for persons who are unable to do so. In Arizona and Montana, this strategy is being employed against native Americans who reside on huge reservations and vote overwhelmingly Democratic. In Montana, a new legislation prohibits organised ballot gathering on reservations.,\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/texas-democrats-to-fly-out-to-deny-house-quorum-to-pass-voting-bill\"\u003eTexas Democrats fly out to deny House quorum to pass the voting bill\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,4. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting in person was expanded by the number of days and hours per day in many states, helping to expand overall turnout. Now legislators in some states are shortening the number of days and the hours for early voting. That can make it difficult for people who work long hours to be able to vote, which can affect poorer people disproportionately. It can also lead to longer lines to vote on election day, which also discourages people.,5. On election day in Georgia last year -- as in several other states in many election cycles -- voters in largely Democrat, African-American districts had to wait in line for hours. To help them with the long wait volunteers handed out water and snacks. However, now the Republican-majority government in \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/georgia-senate-passes-bill-restricting-voting-access-awaiting-governors-sign\"\u003eGeorgia is banning people from providing snacks\u003c/a\u003e, while not taking action to make sure lines are shorter.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Voting Rights, United States, Joe Biden, restriction, Republican, Democrat, voter fraud, Florida, republican controlled states, North Dakota, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin,","originalPublishedOn":"2021-07-14T03:40:37+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"HMxIK8ElgJKK","slug":"texas-democrats-to-fly-out-to-deny-house-quorum-to-pass-voting-bill","slugV2":"usa/texas-democrats-to-fly-out-to-deny-house-quorum-to-pass-voting-bill-335763/","title":"Texas Democrats fly out to deny House quorum to pass the voting bill","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_q5FBGbUH2.jpg","coverCaption":"Texas state Governor Greg Abbott has called a special session. (Photo Credit: AFP)","reactionStats":"{\"sad_count\": 0, \"like_count\": 1.0, \"angry_count\": 0, \"laugh_count\": 0, \"heartbreak_count\": 0}","updatedOn":"2021-07-13T07:02:37+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAnother Democrat walkout had killed the bill during the regular session in May\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eGovernor Gregg Abbott had called the bill a matter of election security, and an emergency\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe bills are aimed to limit early voting hours and mail-in voting\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":1,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1626139957614,\\\"strCount\\\":1870,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u0026nbsp;The Democrats in the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/texas/\\\\\\\"\u003eTexas\u003c/a\u003e House of Representatives will not attend the special session of the Republican-controlled legislature called to pass the contentious voting bill. At least 59 Democrat members of the House are leaving the state on Monday to deny the quorum necessary to pass the legislation, US media reports said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Texas Governor\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/gregabbott/\\\\\\\"\u003e Gregg Abbott\u003c/a\u003e had called a special session of the state legislature after another Democrat walkout had killed the bill during the regular session in May. If the walkout has to be successful, the legislators will have to remain out of state for weeks during the 30-day session. The Democrat legislators are set to go to Washington DC, Wall Street Journal reported.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Abbott had called the bill a matter of election security, and an emergency.\u0026nbsp; The Republican governor went on to call a special session to urgently pass the bill. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Texas legislature traditionally meets for only five months every other year.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The state House of Representatives and the Senate both held separate public hearings on new bills on Saturday. Both the bills could be put to a floor vote by Tuesday.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bills, contested by the federal government,\u0026nbsp; are aimed to limit early voting hours and place additional restrictions on the assistance given to disabled voters. Restrictions will also be placed on voting by mail. The bill also makes small election missteps felony offenses. The Democrats have criticised the bill as an anti-minority voter one.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bill is an offshoot of the Republican contention to the results of last year's presidential elections which \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donaldtrump/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e claimed to have won, a claim that has been dismissed by many courts and officials.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Houston, TX, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Shivam Pratap Singh","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_YyDFmzhxz.jpg","username":"ShivamPratapSingh","id":"fxqCIKdU69Gj","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Texas","slug":"texas","id":"5XE2gabHzcdC","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"GregAbbott","slug":"gregabbott","id":"ZNY0Juvycj2F","isSection":0},{"name":"DonaldTrump","slug":"donaldtrump","id":"2BkYVqd4njLi","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Shivam Pratap Singh","id":"fxqCIKdU69Gj","username":"ShivamPratapSingh","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-07-13T00:23:30+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"\u0026nbsp;The Democrats in the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/texas\"\u003eTexas\u003c/a\u003e House of Representatives will not attend the special session of the Republican-controlled legislature called to pass the contentious voting bill. At least 59 Democrat members of the House are leaving the state on Monday to deny the quorum necessary to pass the legislation, US media reports said.,Texas Governor\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/gregabbott\"\u003e Gregg Abbott\u003c/a\u003e had called a special session of the state legislature after another Democrat walkout had killed the bill during the regular session in May. If the walkout has to be successful, the legislators will have to remain out of state for weeks during the 30-day session. The Democrat legislators are set to go to Washington DC, Wall Street Journal reported.,Abbott had called the bill a matter of election security, and an emergency.\u0026nbsp; The Republican governor went on to call a special session to urgently pass the bill. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Texas legislature traditionally meets for only five months every other year.,The state House of Representatives and the Senate both held separate public hearings on new bills on Saturday. Both the bills could be put to a floor vote by Tuesday.,The bills, contested by the federal government,\u0026nbsp; are aimed to limit early voting hours and place additional restrictions on the assistance given to disabled voters. Restrictions will also be placed on voting by mail. The bill also makes small election missteps felony offenses. The Democrats have criticised the bill as an anti-minority voter one.\u0026nbsp;,The bill is an offshoot of the Republican contention to the results of last year's presidential elections which \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/donaldtrump\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e claimed to have won, a claim that has been dismissed by many courts and officials.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"29.7604","longitude":"-95.3698","name":"Houston, TX, USA","city":"Houston"},"keywords":"Voting bill, Texas, House of Representatives, Gregg Abbott","originalPublishedOn":"2021-07-13T00:23:30+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"0Mc17ZRjobh4","slug":"arizona-restrictions-do-not-violate-voting-rights-act-us-supreme-court","slugV2":"usa/arizona-restrictions-do-not-violate-voting-rights-act-us-supreme-court-105340/","title":"Arizona restrictions do not violate Voting Rights Act: US Supreme Court","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_XUGXHZlNW.jpg","coverCaption":"People hold signs outside of the Metropolitan Multi-Services Center of Montrose in Houston on the last day of early voting October 30, 2020. (AFP Photo)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-07-01T21:13:35+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe 6-3 ruling held that restrictions on early ballot collection by third parties did not violate the act\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRepublicans have welcomed the decision\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDemocrats accused Republicans of suppressing voters, making it harder for minorities to vote\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1625154215476,\\\"strCount\\\":2644,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/ussupremecourt/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS Supreme Court \u003c/a\u003eon Thursday allowed \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublican\u003c/a\u003e-backed measures on Arizona voting restriction, reported Reuters. A lower court in Arizona had ruled that the restrictions burdened minorities in the US. The 6-3 ruling held that the restrictions on early ballot collection by third parties and where absentee ballots may be cast did not violate the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The court's three liberal justices dissented from the decision.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-supreme-court-upholds-transgender-students-right-to-use-bathroom-of-choice-629305/\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Read|\u0026nbsp;US Supreme Court upholds transgender student's right to use bathroom of choice\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"This comes at a time when states are looking at a series of Republican-backed voting restrictions in the wake of former president \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donaldtrump/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump's \u003c/a\u003efalse claims of election fraud in 2020.\u0026nbsp;After Trump's defeat, Republican sponsors said there is a need to prevent wrongdoing and restore confidence in a voting system. Last year, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-bidens-inauguration-speech-will-be-built-around-the-theme-of-unity-208306/\\\\\\\"\u003eAmericans cast their ballots \u003c/a\u003eby mail and other avenues of voting that opened up during the coronavirus pandemic.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Arizona passed a law, making it a crime to provide another person's completed early ballot to election officials. Family members or caregivers were excluded from the law. Democrats had challenged it and other restriction that discards ballots cast in-person at a booth other than the assigned one.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-obamacare-264033/\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Read|\u0026nbsp;US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats accused Republicans of suppressing voters, making it harder for racial minorities, who tend to support Democratic candidates, to cast ballots.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democraticparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e in Congress are planning a\u0026nbsp;new version of the Voting Rights Act, giving federal government the power to pre-approve changes to voting practices in states. Republican have opposed the legislation. It is unlikely to pass in an 50-50 Senate unless moderate Democrats agree to dismantle the 60-vote threshold.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Steve Vladeck, professor at the University of Texas School of Law, told CNN that decision regarding voting rights shows \\\\\\\"full flavour\\\\\\\" of the court's new conservative majority.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Chandandeep Kour","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_D1wiusqkW.jpg","username":"chandandeep","id":"MunTupRYJUK","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"USSupremeCourt","slug":"ussupremecourt","id":"vOwBjQDJMrJf","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Chandandeep Kour","id":"MunTupRYJUK","username":"chandandeep","role":2,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-07-01T21:04:16+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/ussupremecourt\"\u003eUS Supreme Court \u003c/a\u003eon Thursday allowed \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/republicanparty\"\u003eRepublican\u003c/a\u003e-backed measures on Arizona voting restriction, reported Reuters. A lower court in Arizona had ruled that the restrictions burdened minorities in the US. The 6-3 ruling held that the restrictions on early ballot collection by third parties and where absentee ballots may be cast did not violate the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.,The court's three liberal justices dissented from the decision.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/us-supreme-court-upholds-transgender-students-right-to-use-bathroom-of-choice?ref=share_post\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Read|\u0026nbsp;US Supreme Court upholds transgender student's right to use bathroom of choice\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,This comes at a time when states are looking at a series of Republican-backed voting restrictions in the wake of former president \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/donaldtrump\"\u003eDonald Trump's \u003c/a\u003efalse claims of election fraud in 2020.\u0026nbsp;After Trump's defeat, Republican sponsors said there is a need to prevent wrongdoing and restore confidence in a voting system. Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/joe-bidens-inauguration-speech-will-be-built-around-the-theme-of-unity?ref=share_post\"\u003eAmericans cast their ballots \u003c/a\u003eby mail and other avenues of voting that opened up during the coronavirus pandemic.,Arizona passed a law, making it a crime to provide another person's completed early ballot to election officials. Family members or caregivers were excluded from the law. Democrats had challenged it and other restriction that discards ballots cast in-person at a booth other than the assigned one.\u0026nbsp;,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/us-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-obamacare?ref=share_post\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Read|\u0026nbsp;US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,Democrats accused Republicans of suppressing voters, making it harder for racial minorities, who tend to support Democratic candidates, to cast ballots.\u0026nbsp;,Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/democraticparty\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e in Congress are planning a\u0026nbsp;new version of the Voting Rights Act, giving federal government the power to pre-approve changes to voting practices in states. Republican have opposed the legislation. It is unlikely to pass in an 50-50 Senate unless moderate Democrats agree to dismantle the 60-vote threshold.,Steve Vladeck, professor at the University of Texas School of Law, told CNN that decision regarding voting rights shows \"full flavour\" of the court's new conservative majority.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"US Supreme court, Arizona voting restrictions, Republicans, Democrats, Donald Trump","originalPublishedOn":"2021-07-01T21:04:16+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"d0oY4MohZB2D","slug":"us-department-of-justice-to-sue-georgia-for-new-voter-restriction-laws","slugV2":"usa/us-department-of-justice-to-sue-georgia-for-new-voter-restriction-laws-250531/","title":"US Department of Justice to sue Georgia for new voter restriction laws","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_8HzrHyT3RU.jpg","coverCaption":"The access to ballots in Georgia was reduced due to their recently election practice reform. (Photo credit: AFP)","reactionStats":"{\"sad_count\": 0, \"like_count\": 1.0, \"angry_count\": 0, \"laugh_count\": 0, \"heartbreak_count\": 0}","updatedOn":"2021-06-26T01:20:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe DoJ charges that the new Georgia laws have discriminatory intent\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUS Constitution grants every state individual power to mould their own electoral practices\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eIf the DoJ wins, the laws will be judged illegal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":1,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1624650548268,\\\"strCount\\\":3743,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-justice-department-unveils-new-units-to-tackle-gun-trafficking-654265/\\\\\\\"\u003eUnited States Department of Justice\u003c/a\u003e said on Friday that it will sue the state of Georgia for its new elections laws which indirectly seek to discriminate on a \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/all-about-joe-bidens-executive-action-against-racial-inequality-157472/\\\\\\\"\u003eracial basis.\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Georgia, a state which is politically dominated by lawmakers from the Republican party, passed restrictive laws in March, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/what-is-georgias-new-voting-law-438245/\\\\\\\"\u003efurther tightening the grip of election rules.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca 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The bill was stopped in its tracks by GOP lawmakers in the Senate.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Garland also announced that the Justice Department is ordering federal prosecutors around the country to prosecute cases of threats against voting officials and poll volunteers, amid a \\\\\\\"dramatic increase\\\\\\\" in such incidents.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/search/all/RepublicanParty\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e accused Democrats of using the lawsuit to pursue their own power.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Joe Biden is now weaponising the Justice Department to attack election integrity,\\\\\\\" said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a statement.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Trump meanwhile repeated his unproven claims of ballot 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that it will sue the state of Georgia for its new elections laws which indirectly seek to discriminate on a \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/all-about-joe-bidens-executive-action-against-racial-inequality\"\u003eracial basis.\u003c/a\u003e,Georgia, a state which is politically dominated by lawmakers from the Republican party, passed restrictive laws in March, \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/what-is-georgias-new-voting-law\"\u003efurther tightening the grip of election rules.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/a\u003e,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/all-about-joe-bidens-executive-action-against-racial-inequality\"\u003eUS President Joe Biden\u003c/a\u003e, in the presidential elections of 2020, gained a huge political capital from the state after it showed a massive electoral turnout from the African-American community.\u0026nbsp;,The Justice Department charged that the new laws were passed with discriminatory intent with little study or debate, and would make voting harder in largely Black precincts compared to predominantly white areas.,\"The rights of all citizens to vote are the central pillars of our democracy,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/senate-approves-merrick-garland-as-us-attorney-general\"\u003eAttorney General Merrick Garland.\u003c/a\u003e,\"Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgia's election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color,\" Garland said.,He said the department was studying new voting legislation in other states and would also sue if constitutional violations were seen.,\"We will not hesitate to act,\" he said.,The eruption of the coronavirus pandemic in the middle of an election year saw many states expand early voting and voting by mail, making it easier for the public to obtain and deliver ballots.,While that benefitted both parties, some Republicans including Trump believe it was to their disadvantage, and have pushed for tighter restrictions on how, when and where Americans can vote.,Trump continues to allege vote fraud in Georgia, but despite reviews, investigations and recounts, no significant fraud or irregularity has been uncovered.,The decision to sue in federal court put the Justice Department on a collision course with several Republican-led states attempting to enact new voting laws in the wake of last year's election.,The United States Constitution grants every state individual power to mould their own electoral practices as long as they uphold the democratic practices of the country.,If the department wins, the laws are judged illegal -- but the states can appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.,The democratic party, earlier this week, did not succeed in passing legislation that sought to expand the protection of voting rights and increase access to the ballot. The bill was stopped in its tracks by GOP lawmakers in the Senate.,Garland also announced that the Justice Department is ordering federal prosecutors around the country to prosecute cases of threats against voting officials and poll volunteers, amid a \"dramatic increase\" in such incidents.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/search/all/RepublicanParty\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e accused Democrats of using the lawsuit to pursue their own power.,\"Joe Biden is now weaponising the Justice Department to attack election integrity,\" said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a statement.,Trump meanwhile repeated his unproven claims of ballot fraud.,\"It should be the other way around!\" Trump said in a statement,\"The people of Georgia should sue the State, and their elected officials, for running a corrupt and rigged 2020 presidential election.\"","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi 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href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/democraticparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e faced a 50-50 lock up in the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/ussenate/\\\\\\\"\u003eSenate\u003c/a\u003e and the bill will\u0026nbsp;fall short of advancing as the opposition remains united. \u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Democrats needed 60 votes to even begin debate.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Senate was taking up an amended version of the legislation that\u0026nbsp;passed the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/houseofrepresentatives/\\\\\\\"\u003eHouse\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;in March.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats put up a united front in favor of the vote after securing \u003ca 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debate on the voting and election bill known as the\u0026nbsp;For the People Act, the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/democraticparty\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/republicanparty\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e faced a 50-50 lock up in the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/ussenate\"\u003eSenate\u003c/a\u003e and the bill will\u0026nbsp;fall short of advancing as the opposition remains united. \u0026nbsp;,The Democrats needed 60 votes to even begin debate.\u0026nbsp;,The Senate was taking up an amended version of the legislation that\u0026nbsp;passed the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/houseofrepresentatives\"\u003eHouse\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;in March.,Democrats put up a united front in favor of the vote after securing \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/joe-manchin-will-vote-yes-to-open-debate-on-election-overhaul-bill\"\u003elast-minute approval\u003c/a\u003e from West Virginia Senator \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/joemanchin\"\u003eJoe Manchin\u003c/a\u003e, but so were the Republicans, resulting in an overall failure for the bill to advance.,The Democratic party pitched the bill as a necessary countermeasure to efforts of various Republican-ruled states\u0026nbsp;to restrict voting access, but Republicans have described it as a partisan power ploy and a federal intervention into state voting and election systems.,Critics have widely criticised the state measures, which include restricting mail-in ballots, criminalizing the delivery of water to people waiting to vote, and limiting early Sunday voting hours as a way to deny Black churches' \"souls to the polls\" events.,The Democrats' historic bill, S1, is aimed at ensuring Americans can vote by mail, plus have full access to early voting and use of ballot drop boxes.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi 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Twitter/@sen_joemanchin)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-06-23T02:15:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eChuck Schumer announced that he and Joe Manchin have reached an agreement\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eManchin’s yes vote means Democrats will be united\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBut the Democrats will still fall short of advancing the bill\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1624394471194,\\\"strCount\\\":2065,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In a statement released by Senate Majority Leader's office, Chuck Schumer announced that he and \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/senator-manchin-ready-for-another-showdown-with-biden-over-infrastructure-plan-194827/\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Manchin\u003c/a\u003e have reached an agreement, and the\u0026nbsp;Senator from West Virginia is set to vote yes to\u0026nbsp;open debate on the election overhaul bill, which is allegedly curbing voting rights. However, the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/fresh-hurdle-for-joe-bidens-policies-this-time-from-within-his-party-233281/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e will still fall short of advancing the bill as the Republicans remain united in opposition.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In a statement released by Manchin's office, the senator too confirmed he will vote in favour of opening debate on the bill.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Over the past month, I have worked to eliminate the far-reaching provisions of S.1, the\u0026nbsp;For the People Act\u0026nbsp;– which I do not support. I’ve found common ground with my Democratic colleagues on a new version of the bill that ensures our elections are fair, accessible and secure.\\\\\\\" \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Today I will vote ‘YES’ to move to debate this updated voting legislation as a substitute amendment to ensure every eligible voter is able to cast their ballot and participate in our great democracy,\\\\\\\" the statement read.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"He came to my office about two hours ago, and we worked it out,” Schumer said, according to AFP inputs. \\\\\\\"Senator Manchin has informed me that he will vote yes on the motion to proceed to debate the legislation. I have committed to him that if our Republican colleagues don't obstruct and allow us to move forward on the debate will take up his proposed substitute amendment as the first amendment we will consider.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Schumer says that he’s agreed to give Manchin’s proposal a vote as an amendment.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Manchin’s yes vote means \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/democrat-backed-for-the-people-act-likely-to-take-a-beating-in-the-us-senate-185785/\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e will be united, and will get 50 votes on the measure.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But Republicans are also united, meaning the Democrats won’t get the 60 votes needed to even begin debate.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sayantan Guha","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_I-sDF1vQy.jpg","username":"GuhaSayantan","id":"kIJrBcmyBotC","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeManchin","slug":"joemanchin","id":"NJL8OrfqowPs","isSection":0},{"name":"ChuckSchumer","slug":"chuckschumer","id":"3LLuFJAHBmmF","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sayantan Guha","id":"kIJrBcmyBotC","username":"GuhaSayantan","role":3,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-06-23T02:15:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"In a statement released by Senate Majority Leader's office, Chuck Schumer announced that he and \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/senator-manchin-ready-for-another-showdown-with-biden-over-infrastructure-plan\"\u003eJoe Manchin\u003c/a\u003e have reached an agreement, and the\u0026nbsp;Senator from West Virginia is set to vote yes to\u0026nbsp;open debate on the election overhaul bill, which is allegedly curbing voting rights. However, the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/fresh-hurdle-for-joe-bidens-policies-this-time-from-within-his-party\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e will still fall short of advancing the bill as the Republicans remain united in opposition.,In a statement released by Manchin's office, the senator too confirmed he will vote in favour of opening debate on the bill.,\"Over the past month, I have worked to eliminate the far-reaching provisions of S.1, the\u0026nbsp;For the People Act\u0026nbsp;– which I do not support. I’ve found common ground with my Democratic colleagues on a new version of the bill that ensures our elections are fair, accessible and secure.\" ,\"Today I will vote ‘YES’ to move to debate this updated voting legislation as a substitute amendment to ensure every eligible voter is able to cast their ballot and participate in our great democracy,\" the statement read.,\"He came to my office about two hours ago, and we worked it out,” Schumer said, according to AFP inputs. \"Senator Manchin has informed me that he will vote yes on the motion to proceed to debate the legislation. I have committed to him that if our Republican colleagues don't obstruct and allow us to move forward on the debate will take up his proposed substitute amendment as the first amendment we will consider.\",Schumer says that he’s agreed to give Manchin’s proposal a vote as an amendment.,Manchin’s yes vote means \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/democrat-backed-for-the-people-act-likely-to-take-a-beating-in-the-us-senate\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e will be united, and will get 50 votes on the measure.\u0026nbsp;,But Republicans are also united, meaning the Democrats won’t get the 60 votes needed to even begin debate.\u0026nbsp;","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Joe Manchin, Chuck Schumaer, will vote yes, West VIrginia, election overhaul bill,","originalPublishedOn":"2021-06-23T02:15:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"97tpbVe6rQyC","slug":"democrat-backed-for-the-people-act-likely-to-take-a-beating-in-the-us-senate","slugV2":"usa/democrat-backed-for-the-people-act-likely-to-take-a-beating-in-the-us-senate-185785/","title":"Democrat-backed 'For the People Act' likely to take a beating in the US Senate","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_LyvGT_lQM.jpg","coverCaption":"The Senate will vote on the bill on Tuesday. (Photo Credit: Pixabay)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-06-23T00:40:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe voting reforms are a ripple effect of Donald Trump's election fraud claims\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRepublicans are likely to slash down the bill in the Senate\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDemocrats are likely to claim a moral victory even if the bill fails\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1624388784190,\\\"strCount\\\":4079,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/ussenate/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS Senate\u003c/a\u003e on Tuesday takes up the flashpoint issue of voting rights in America -- with Democrats and Republicans locked in battle over who gets to vote and how, in the wake of a 2020 election marred by \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/judge-tosses-most-claims-against-donald-trump-over-police-charge-outside-white-house-473735/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e's baseless allegations of fraud.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The outcome on Tuesday is in little doubt: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/republicanparty/\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e are expected to block a sweeping package that would amount to the most expansive federal election reform in decades.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But Democrats are bringing the \\\\\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/what-is-joe-bidens-election-reform-bill-551333/\\\\\\\"\u003eFor the People Act\u003c/a\u003e\\\\\\\" to the floor as a test vote, in reaction to controversial efforts by Republicans to enact strict new voting laws in dozens of states.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/what-is-joe-bidens-election-reform-bill-551333/\\\\\\\"\u003ePresident Joe Biden's Democrats have introduced a historic bill\u003c/a\u003e aimed at ensuring Americans can vote by mail, have full access to early voting, and use of ballot drop boxes.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\" data-partner=\\\\\\\"tweetdeck\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eWe can’t sit idly by while democracy is in peril – here, in America. We need to protect the sacred right to vote and ensure “We the People” choose our leaders, the very foundation on which our democracy rests. We urgently need the For The People Act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSend it to my desk.\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1407395627982524417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eJune 22, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\\\\n\u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\\\\n\\\\n\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\" data-partner=\\\\\\\"tweetdeck\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eWe can’t sit idly by while democracy is in peril – here, in America. We need to protect the sacred right to vote and ensure “We the People” choose our leaders, the very foundation on which our democracy rests. We urgently need the For The People Act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSend it to my desk.\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1407395627982524417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eJune 22, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\\\\n\u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\\\\n\\\\n\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bill, which also reforms campaign finance laws and attempts to thwart gerrymandering or the partisan redrawing of district lines, passed the House of Representatives on a party-line vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But it appears doomed in the Senate, where Republicans are united against the measure, ensuring the issue remains a political flashpoint into the 2022 midterm elections and beyond.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Democrats control the 50-50 Senate. But even if all Democrats support it -- and there are moderate holdouts who have proposed a more watered-down version -- the bill would fall short of the 60 votes needed to move it forward.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/chuckschumer/\\\\\\\"\u003eSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u003c/a\u003e, highlighting what he called \\\\\\\"a wildfire of Republican voter suppression laws sweeping across the country,\\\\\\\" called out his GOP rivals for seeking \\\\\\\"blatant\\\\\\\" partisan electoral advantage.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Schumer said that Republicans, keenly aware that Trump feels mail-in voting and other expansive voting rules led to his defeat, \\\\\\\"are deliberately targeting all the ways that younger, poorer, non-white and typically Democratic voters access the ballot.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\" data-partner=\\\\\\\"tweetdeck\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eYou have to listen to the stories the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/unitehere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@UNITEHERE\u003c/a\u003e Freedom Riders told me this week on their journey to DC to rally for voting rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Senate will vote today on moving forward on critical voting rights legislation. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/erqQAbfm92\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/erqQAbfm92\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1407393570890334218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eJune 22, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\\\\n\u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\\\\n\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\" data-partner=\\\\\\\"tweetdeck\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eYou have to listen to the stories the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/unitehere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@UNITEHERE\u003c/a\u003e Freedom Riders told me this week on their journey to DC to rally for voting rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Senate will vote today on moving forward on critical voting rights legislation. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/erqQAbfm92\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/erqQAbfm92\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1407393570890334218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eJune 22, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\\\\n\u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\\\\n\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Senate vote is set for 5:30 pm (1930 GMT) Even if it fails as expected, Democrats hope to claim a moral victory and highlight Republican opposition to basic democratic principles of voting rights for all.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The White House has acknowledged the vote will fail but said it was seeking unanimity among Democrats, particularly after Senate Democrat Joe Manchin introduced a compromise package that he believes can win over some Republicans.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"What we are measuring, I think, is the Democratic Party united. We weren't as of a couple of weeks ago,\\\\\\\" White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"If anything, Psaki said the vote could \\\\\\\"prompt a new conversation about the path forward\\\\\\\" in Congress.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans though remained firmly against the Democratic effort.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Their bill is a \\\\\\\"transparently partisan plan to tilt every election in America permanently in their favor,\\\\\\\" said top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell in a floor speech before the vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"It's a recipe for undermining confidence in our elections, remaking our entire system of government to suit the preferences of one far end of the political spectrum.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden has warned that American democracy is under \\\\\\\"assault\\\\\\\" from efforts by Republican state legislatures to end no-excuse mail-in voting, curtail early voting, restrict the use of drop boxes and prevent the use of student ID as a form of identification at the polls.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But progressive activists are complaining that Biden is not doing enough.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Is saving democracy a priority for this Administration or not? Right-wing zealots are systematically dismantling our democratic institutions,\\\\\\\" Ezra Levin, co-executive director of progressive election group Indivisible, said Monday on Twitter.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"twitter\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"https://twitter.com/ezralevin/status/1407032720866349058\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"ezralevin/status/1407032720866349058\\\",\\\"width\\\":520,\\\"height\\\":300,\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":173.33333333333334}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"It's time for the President to get off the sidelines and into the game, or we're all going to lose.\\\\\\\"\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Shivam Pratap Singh","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_YyDFmzhxz.jpg","username":"ShivamPratapSingh","id":"fxqCIKdU69Gj","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"USSenate","slug":"ussenate","id":"1awmCmIjhk9L","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AFP","id":"nVfXD2DyevLA","username":"afp","role":8,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-06-23T00:40:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/ussenate\"\u003eUS Senate\u003c/a\u003e on Tuesday takes up the flashpoint issue of voting rights in America -- with Democrats and Republicans locked in battle over who gets to vote and how, in the wake of a 2020 election marred by \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/judge-tosses-most-claims-against-donald-trump-over-police-charge-outside-white-house\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e's baseless allegations of fraud.,The outcome on Tuesday is in little doubt: \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/republicanparty\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e are expected to block a sweeping package that would amount to the most expansive federal election reform in decades.,But Democrats are bringing the \"\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/what-is-joe-bidens-election-reform-bill\"\u003eFor the People Act\u003c/a\u003e\" to the floor as a test vote, in reaction to controversial efforts by Republicans to enact strict new voting laws in dozens of states.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/what-is-joe-bidens-election-reform-bill\"\u003ePresident Joe Biden's Democrats have introduced a historic bill\u003c/a\u003e aimed at ensuring Americans can vote by mail, have full access to early voting, and use of ballot drop boxes.,The bill, which also reforms campaign finance laws and attempts to thwart gerrymandering or the partisan redrawing of district lines, passed the House of Representatives on a party-line vote.,But it appears doomed in the Senate, where Republicans are united against the measure, ensuring the issue remains a political flashpoint into the 2022 midterm elections and beyond.,Democrats control the 50-50 Senate. But even if all Democrats support it -- and there are moderate holdouts who have proposed a more watered-down version -- the bill would fall short of the 60 votes needed to move it forward.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/chuckschumer\"\u003eSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u003c/a\u003e, highlighting what he called \"a wildfire of Republican voter suppression laws sweeping across the country,\" called out his GOP rivals for seeking \"blatant\" partisan electoral advantage.,Schumer said that Republicans, keenly aware that Trump feels mail-in voting and other expansive voting rules led to his defeat, \"are deliberately targeting all the ways that younger, poorer, non-white and typically Democratic voters access the ballot.\",The Senate vote is set for 5:30 pm (1930 GMT) Even if it fails as expected, Democrats hope to claim a moral victory and highlight Republican opposition to basic democratic principles of voting rights for all.,The White House has acknowledged the vote will fail but said it was seeking unanimity among Democrats, particularly after Senate Democrat Joe Manchin introduced a compromise package that he believes can win over some Republicans.,\"What we are measuring, I think, is the Democratic Party united. We weren't as of a couple of weeks ago,\" White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.,If anything, Psaki said the vote could \"prompt a new conversation about the path forward\" in Congress.,Republicans though remained firmly against the Democratic effort.,Their bill is a \"transparently partisan plan to tilt every election in America permanently in their favor,\" said top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell in a floor speech before the vote.,\"It's a recipe for undermining confidence in our elections, remaking our entire system of government to suit the preferences of one far end of the political spectrum.\",Biden has warned that American democracy is under \"assault\" from efforts by Republican state legislatures to end no-excuse mail-in voting, curtail early voting, restrict the use of drop boxes and prevent the use of student ID as a form of identification at the polls.,But progressive activists are complaining that Biden is not doing enough.,\"Is saving democracy a priority for this Administration or not? Right-wing zealots are systematically dismantling our democratic institutions,\" Ezra Levin, co-executive director of progressive election group Indivisible, said Monday on Twitter.,\"It's time for the President to get off the sidelines and into the game, or we're all going to lose.\"","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"For the people act, Democratic party, senate vote, Republican party, United States","originalPublishedOn":"2021-06-23T00:40:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"T7z6S0DDOK0h","slug":"what-is-joe-bidens-election-reform-bill","slugV2":"usa/what-is-joe-bidens-election-reform-bill-551333/","title":"What is Joe Biden's election reform bill?","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_shx5mEFhD.jpg","coverCaption":"Joe Biden promised last week to fight \"like heck\" for passage of the legislation. (Photo: AFP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-06-07T05:10:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe election reform bill was passed in the House in March\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDemocrats say the bill amends Republican-backed changes that curb voting rights\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe bill has also faced protests from key Democratic quarters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1623022780542,\\\"strCount\\\":2775,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"US President Joe Biden's\u0026nbsp;sweeping election reform bill, which hopes to remedy an \\\\\\\"unprecedented assault\\\\\\\" on democracy and African Americans' right to vote, has been faced with protests from even key Democratic quarters.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The legislation has already received an\u0026nbsp;overwhelming Republican opposition, and given Democrats' razor-thin control of the Senate, support of all Democratic senators is a must.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/unusual-noise-kamala-harriss-plane-force-lands-minutes-after-take-off-189848/\\\\\\\"\u003e'Unusual noise': Kamala Harris's plane force lands minutes after take off\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eBut what is the election reform bill?\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Following\u0026nbsp;former president Donald Trump's frequent, baseless claims of election fraud in November, the\u0026nbsp;Republican-controlled states have passed legislation\u0026nbsp;aiming to make the voting process more secure.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However,\u0026nbsp;Democrats say the Republican-backed changes will have the clear \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/texas-voting-law-how-and-why-republican-party-is-adding-restrictions-610257/\\\\\\\"\u003eeffect of suppressing votes\u003c/a\u003e, especially in heavily Black, Democrat-leaning cities.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In the House of Representatives, with a slightly larger majority, Democrats passed the election reform bill in March without a single Republican vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Among other things, it would protect the right to register to vote even on Election Day, as well as the right to vote early or by mail-in ballot -- methods sharply curbed by the Republican 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href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/what-is-the-equality-act-465613/\\\\\\\"\u003eWhat is the Equality Act, currently in legislative pipeline in US?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In addition to electoral reforms, the bill would also bring about wide-reaching ethics and accountability reforms, including a code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court justices, a ban on congressional legislators sitting on corporate boards and bringing transparency to campaign financing.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden has said the Republican legislation amounts to \\\\\\\"an assault on democracy... often disproportionately targeting Black and Brown Americans,\\\\\\\" according to AFP inputs.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"He promised last week to fight \\\\\\\"like heck\\\\\\\" for passage of the 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Guha","id":"iNYEjMAJBR4o","username":"sayantanguha","role":7,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[{"id":"2","name":"AFP"}],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-06-07T05:10:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"US President Joe Biden's\u0026nbsp;sweeping election reform bill, which hopes to remedy an \"unprecedented assault\" on democracy and African Americans' right to vote, has been faced with protests from even key Democratic quarters.,The legislation has already received an\u0026nbsp;overwhelming Republican opposition, and given Democrats' razor-thin control of the Senate, support of all Democratic senators is a must.,\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/unusual-noise-kamala-harriss-plane-force-lands-minutes-after-take-off\"\u003e'Unusual noise': Kamala Harris's plane force lands minutes after take off\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003eBut what is the election reform bill?\u003c/b\u003e,Following\u0026nbsp;former president Donald Trump's frequent, baseless claims of election fraud in November, the\u0026nbsp;Republican-controlled states have passed legislation\u0026nbsp;aiming to make the voting process more secure.\u0026nbsp;,However,\u0026nbsp;Democrats say the Republican-backed changes will have the clear \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/texas-voting-law-how-and-why-republican-party-is-adding-restrictions\"\u003eeffect of suppressing votes\u003c/a\u003e, especially in heavily Black, Democrat-leaning cities.,In the House of Representatives, with a slightly larger majority, Democrats passed the election reform bill in March without a single Republican vote.,Among other things, it would protect the right to register to vote even on Election Day, as well as the right to vote early or by mail-in ballot -- methods sharply curbed by the Republican states.,Those methods are credited with boosting the African-American vote -- normally reliably Democratic -- especially in urban areas with insufficient election sites where the wait to vote can last hours.,Meanwhile, every state would require to automatically register eligible voters, restore \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/us-supreme-court-hears-voting-rights-case\"\u003evoting rights\u003c/a\u003e to former felons and offer early voting and no-excuse absentee balloting.,The bill would also require presidents and vice presidents to make their tax returns publicly available, something Donald Trump consistently refused to do.,\u003cb\u003eALSO READ |\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/what-is-the-equality-act\"\u003eWhat is the Equality Act, currently in legislative pipeline in US?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,In addition to electoral reforms, the bill would also bring about wide-reaching ethics and accountability reforms, including a code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court justices, a ban on congressional legislators sitting on corporate boards and bringing transparency to campaign financing.\u0026nbsp;,Biden has said the Republican legislation amounts to \"an assault on democracy... often disproportionately targeting Black and Brown Americans,\" according to AFP inputs.,He promised last week to fight \"like heck\" for passage of the legislation.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Election Reform Bill, Joe Biden, Democrats, Republicans, Voting 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(Photo Credit: AFP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-06-01T13:01:41+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTexas is considered to be a stronghold for the Republican party\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe bill aims to increase restrictions against voters\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTexas' House and Governor still need to approve the legislation\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1622532690685,\\\"strCount\\\":2173,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Texas took a major step Sunday toward becoming the nation’s largest state where the GOP is making voting harder following the 2020 elections, with the Senate approving a bill that would empower poll watchers, create criminal penalties and add new restrictions on where, when and how to vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bill aims to create criminal penalties, give more authority to poll watchers and introduce complex voting instructions, reported Associated Press.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read: \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/disagreement-of-capitol-riots-probe-hints-at-gops-indifference-608859/\\\\\\\"\u003eDisagreement of Capitol riots probe hints at GOP's indifference\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The legislation aims to achieve the following changes in Texas' voting regulations:\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"1) \u003cb\u003eBanning drive-through voting: \u003c/b\u003eThe city of Houston, considered to be one of the few Democratic strongholds in Texas, introduced the facility of voting through drive-through counters in the 2020 Presidential elections.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"2) \u003cb\u003eIdentification requirements:\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;Through the new bill, the lone star state will be adding a new requirement in the mail-in ballot applications. This will compel the voters to submit a copy of their social security number or other forms of ID proofs.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"3) \u003cb\u003eEarly voting restrictions: \u003c/b\u003eThe new bill is likely to restrict early voting in the country. This would in turn affect the \\\\\\\"souls to the polls\\\\\\\" programme, which is mostly availed by those who attend church on Sunday.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4)\u003cb\u003e Voter assistance:\u003c/b\u003e Those who are helping people with their voting, for example, those who are unable to travel alone, will be required to disclose their relationship to the person they are assisting. In the case of a violation, the person is likely to face felony charges.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/white-house-criticises-gop-senators-who-voted-against-january-6-commission-568551/\\\\\\\"\u003eWhite House criticises GOP Senators who voted against January 6 commission\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The legislation still needs to clear two more stages before it becomes state law in Texas. These include getting approval from a GOP-dominated House and a signature from the state Governor Greg Abbott, both of which are most likely to happen, reported Associated Press.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Houston, TX, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"AmanButani1707","id":"5nOPSrhK74Fh","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Texas","slug":"texas","id":"5XE2gabHzcdC","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"Elections","slug":"elections","id":"3Cfx7PQDJJJQ","isSection":0},{"name":"GregAbbott","slug":"gregabbott","id":"ZNY0Juvycj2F","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"5nOPSrhK74Fh","username":"AmanButani1707","role":7,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-06-01T13:01:36+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Texas took a major step Sunday toward becoming the nation’s largest state where the GOP is making voting harder following the 2020 elections, with the Senate approving a bill that would empower poll watchers, create criminal penalties and add new restrictions on where, when and how to vote.,The bill aims to create criminal penalties, give more authority to poll watchers and introduce complex voting instructions, reported Associated Press.,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read: \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/disagreement-of-capitol-riots-probe-hints-at-gops-indifference\"\u003eDisagreement of Capitol riots probe hints at GOP's indifference\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,The legislation aims to achieve the following changes in Texas' voting regulations:,1) \u003cb\u003eBanning drive-through voting: \u003c/b\u003eThe city of Houston, considered to be one of the few Democratic strongholds in Texas, introduced the facility of voting through drive-through counters in the 2020 Presidential elections.,2) \u003cb\u003eIdentification requirements:\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;Through the new bill, the lone star state will be adding a new requirement in the mail-in ballot applications. This will compel the voters to submit a copy of their social security number or other forms of ID proofs.,3) \u003cb\u003eEarly voting restrictions: \u003c/b\u003eThe new bill is likely to restrict early voting in the country. This would in turn affect the \"souls to the polls\" programme, which is mostly availed by those who attend church on Sunday.,4)\u003cb\u003e Voter assistance:\u003c/b\u003e Those who are helping people with their voting, for example, those who are unable to travel alone, will be required to disclose their relationship to the person they are assisting. In the case of a violation, the person is likely to face felony charges.,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/white-house-criticises-gop-senators-who-voted-against-january-6-commission\"\u003eWhite House criticises GOP Senators who voted against January 6 commission\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,The legislation still needs to clear two more stages before it becomes state law in Texas. These include getting approval from a GOP-dominated House and a signature from the state Governor Greg Abbott, both of which are most likely to happen, reported Associated Press.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"29.7604","longitude":"-95.3698","name":"Houston, TX, USA","city":"Houston"},"keywords":"Republican party, added restrictions, voting law, Texas, Greg Abbott, GOP","originalPublishedOn":"2021-06-01T05:00:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"e3XkUKGT6I1p","slug":"apple-will-smith-move-their-new-film-out-of-georgia-to-protest-against-voting-law","slugV2":"usa/apple-will-smith-move-their-new-film-out-of-georgia-to-protest-against-voting-law-270108/","title":"Apple, Will Smith move their new film out of Georgia to protest against voting law","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_bqeai3ZeF.jpg","coverCaption":"The shooting is scheduled to begin in June. (Photo Credit: AFP File)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-04-13T03:55:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe production of the upcoming film \"Emancipation\" will be moved out of Georgia\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThis is set to be Hollywood first major project to exit the state\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe film will be moved to Louisiana\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1618265008031,\\\"strCount\\\":2273,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Joining the protests against the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/what-is-georgias-new-voting-law-438245/\\\\\\\"\u003enew law in Georgia\u003c/a\u003e restricting voting rights, Apple and Will Smith will move the production of their upcoming film \\\\\\\"Emancipation\\\\\\\" out of the state, announced director Antoine Fuqua on Monday.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"This is set to be Hollywood first major project to exit the state, where a majority of the films are shot, since the signing of the controversial bill into law by Republican Governor Brian Kemp.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"At this moment in time, the nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice. We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access,\\\\\\\" Fuqua and Smith said in a statement, Washington Post reported.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/texas-governor-refuses-to-throw-first-rangers-pitch-after-mlbs-stand-on-georgia-law-221483/\\\\\\\"\u003eTexas Governor refuses to throw first Rangers pitch after MLB's stand on Georgia law\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Emancipation,\\\\\\\" a drama about slavery, will be moved to Louisiana, where some of the action takes place. The shooting is scheduled to begin in June.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Will Smith stars as Peter, an enslaved person who escapes a Louisiana plantation to join the Union Army. The rights to the film were bought for $130 million last year.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Georgia has become one of the most popular places for studios to shoot their films and television series, with Disney, HBO, Netflix and others all shooting work there.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/congressional-action-to-address-gun-violence-is-essential-chuck-schumer-448434/\\\\\\\"\u003e'Congressional action to address gun violence is essential': Senator Schumer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Under the new voting law, which follows subsequent Republican losses in the state, makes numerous changes to how elections will be administered, including a new photo ID requirement for voting absentee by mail.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Reportedly, it limits drop boxes, allows unlimited challenges to voter eligibility and registration, and ban voters waiting in queue to receive any water bottle or snacks.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Georgia, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sayantan Guha","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_l9kCNwJYb.jpg","username":"sayantanguha","id":"iNYEjMAJBR4o","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"WillSmith","slug":"willsmith","id":"ROgg0pKhtJ2h","isSection":0},{"name":"Apple","slug":"apple","id":"EDjrcdPuhPoT","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Hollywood","slug":"hollywood","id":"USHEbLCv0R2i","isSection":0},{"name":"Films","slug":"films","id":"GjcgBeMvr6MH","isSection":0},{"name":"BrianKemp","slug":"briankemp","id":"thkEBzDXb8tV","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sayantan Guha","id":"iNYEjMAJBR4o","username":"sayantanguha","role":7,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-04-13T03:55:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Joining the protests against the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/what-is-georgias-new-voting-law\"\u003enew law in Georgia\u003c/a\u003e restricting voting rights, Apple and Will Smith will move the production of their upcoming film \"Emancipation\" out of the state, announced director Antoine Fuqua on Monday.\u0026nbsp;,This is set to be Hollywood first major project to exit the state, where a majority of the films are shot, since the signing of the controversial bill into law by Republican Governor Brian Kemp.\u0026nbsp;,\"At this moment in time, the nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice. We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access,\" Fuqua and Smith said in a statement, Washington Post reported.,\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/texas-governor-refuses-to-throw-first-rangers-pitch-after-mlbs-stand-on-georgia-law\"\u003eTexas Governor refuses to throw first Rangers pitch after MLB's stand on Georgia law\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,\"Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.\",\"Emancipation,\" a drama about slavery, will be moved to Louisiana, where some of the action takes place. The shooting is scheduled to begin in June.,Will Smith stars as Peter, an enslaved person who escapes a Louisiana plantation to join the Union Army. The rights to the film were bought for $130 million last year.\u0026nbsp;,Georgia has become one of the most popular places for studios to shoot their films and television series, with Disney, HBO, Netflix and others all shooting work there.\u0026nbsp;,\u003cb\u003eALSO READ | \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/congressional-action-to-address-gun-violence-is-essential-chuck-schumer\"\u003e'Congressional action to address gun violence is essential': Senator Schumer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,Under the new voting law, which follows subsequent Republican losses in the state, makes numerous changes to how elections will be administered, including a new photo ID requirement for voting absentee by mail.,Reportedly, it limits drop boxes, allows unlimited challenges to voter eligibility and registration, and ban voters waiting in queue to receive any water bottle or snacks.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"32.1656","longitude":"-82.9001","name":"Georgia, USA","city":"Dublin"},"keywords":"Apple, Will Smith, Emancipation, Antoine Fuqua, Brian Kemp, Georgia voting law, voting rights, republican, louisiana, union army, ","originalPublishedOn":"2021-04-13T03:55:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"BzyeEpL9GfRC","slug":"republicans-lead-uproar-against-relocation-of-mlb-all-star-game","slugV2":"usa/republicans-lead-uproar-against-relocation-of-mlb-all-star-game-231679/","title":"Republicans lead uproar against relocation of MLB All-Star game","postType":1,"coverMedia":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_tZK9G-Hxw.jpg","coverCaption":"The MLB has moved the All Star game from Atlanta’s Truist Park. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-04-06T03:35:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMLB the All-Star Game and Draft from Atlanta to protest laws restricting voting rights\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMitch McConnell warned US industry against \"economic blackmail\"\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Republican leader also accused companies of bowing to \"far-left mobs\"\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1617659424723,\\\"strCount\\\":2895,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Following \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/mlb-all-star-game-moved-from-atlanta-over-restrictive-voting-law-in-georgia-671672/\\\\\\\"\u003eMajor League Baseball moving the All-Star Game\u003c/a\u003e and MLB Draft from Atlanta, to protest against laws\u0026nbsp;restricting voting rights implemented in Georgia, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell warned United States industry Monday against \\\\\\\"economic blackmail\\\\\\\".\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Republicans have led an uproar against the relocation of the All-Star event from Atlanta’s Truist Park.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"McConnell said pressure on the southern state to reverse the Republican-backed election laws amounted to \\\\\\\"a coordinated campaign by powerful and wealthy people to mislead and bully the American people.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Republican leader also accused 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people.\",The Republican leader also accused companies of bowing to \"far-left mobs.\",\u003cb\u003eALSO READ |\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/big-companies-feel-heat-as-us-voting-rights-debate-intensifies\"\u003eBig companies feel heat as US voting rights debate intensifies\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,\"Businesses must not use economic blackmail to spread disinformation and push bad ideas that citizens reject at the ballot box,\" McConnell said, AFP reported.,The new law, reportedly, limits drop boxes, allows unlimited challenges to voter eligibility and registration, and ban voters waiting in queue to receive any water bottle or snacks.,Commissioner Rob Manfred made the decision to move the All-Star events and the amateur draft, which had been scheduled to be held in Atlanta for the first time.,\"Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen 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consequences if they become a vehicle for far-left mobs to hijack our country,\" he said.,In an open letter to Manfred, Republican Senator Marco Rubio suggested the baseball league was being hypocritical.,\"Will Major League Baseball now end its engagement with nations that do not hold elections at all like China and Cuba?\" he asked.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"33.749","longitude":"-84.388","name":"Atlanta, GA, USA","city":"Atlanta"},"keywords":"MLB All Star, Mitch McConnell, Republican, voting right restriction, Rob Manfred, Georgia law, Major League 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The former US president \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donaldtrump/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e gave a statement calling for boycott of companies, including Coke that have spoken against the voting bill.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In the statement given by former president, he called for boycott of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/big-companies-feel-heat-as-us-voting-rights-debate-intensifies-677423/\\\\\\\"\u003ecompanies\u003c/a\u003e such as Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, JP Morgan Chase, UPS, Viacom CBS, Delta Airlines and others. He added that the Democrats have time and again called for boycotts and now it is time for Republicans to do the same.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/food/donald-trump-owes-ex-bodyguard-130-for-cheeseburgers-and-fries-186165/\\\\\\\"\u003eDonald Trump owes ex-bodyguard $130 for cheeseburgers and fries\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Recently, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey released a statement against the Georgia restrictive voting bill and said that Congress should act against it.\u0026nbsp;Coca-Cola's interference brought criticism from Trump loyalists who also called for boycott of the company.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Twitterati is trolling Trump after he included Coke in the list of companies, knowing that in his tenure, he installed a '\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/joe-biden-removes-donald-trumps-diet-coke-button-from-oval-office-677511/\\\\\\\"\u003eDiet Coke button\u003c/a\u003e' on his table as he is very fond of the drink.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Here are a few tweets trolling Trump:\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eTrump wants to boycott Coke LOL good luck with that tubby \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/zxPf1kvM4H\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/zxPf1kvM4H\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; THATS NOKAY (@ThatsNokayMusic) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/ThatsNokayMusic/status/1378181179661152262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eApril 3, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eTrump wants to boycott Coke LOL good luck with that tubby \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/zxPf1kvM4H\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/zxPf1kvM4H\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; THATS NOKAY (@ThatsNokayMusic) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/ThatsNokayMusic/status/1378181179661152262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eApril 3, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eTrump lives on Diet Coke. He wouldn’t boycott it if it was getting in his way of him holding his wife’s hand. LOL. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/m0mOjeg1QC\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/m0mOjeg1QC\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; JFidLer (@jaefidler) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/jaefidler/status/1378184346826240000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eApril 3, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eTrump lives on Diet Coke. He wouldn’t boycott it if it was getting in his way of him holding his wife’s hand. LOL. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/m0mOjeg1QC\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/m0mOjeg1QC\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; JFidLer (@jaefidler) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/jaefidler/status/1378184346826240000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eApril 3, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eLOL. Trump reportedly drinks 12 cans of Diet Coke per day. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/MdnyrqwcvG\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/MdnyrqwcvG\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Renadon (@Renadon6) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Renadon6/status/1378521369210720258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eApril 4, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eLOL. Trump reportedly drinks 12 cans of Diet Coke per day. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/MdnyrqwcvG\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/MdnyrqwcvG\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Renadon (@Renadon6) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Renadon6/status/1378521369210720258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eApril 4, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Trump in his statement said that Democrats have kept boycotting every company or product that has stated against their party line. And it was just about time that Republicans do the same as well.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-japan-south-korea-share-concerns-about-north-koreas-nuclear-program-260650/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS, Japan, South Korea share 'concerns' about North Korea's nuclear programme\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"What do you say about Trump's boycott of Diet Coke?\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Miami, FL, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Ayush Jain","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_h6e6JWoQr.jpg","username":"ayushjainn16","id":"uR5CExJXEjdY","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"DonaldTrump","slug":"donaldtrump","id":"2BkYVqd4njLi","isSection":0},{"name":"CocaCola","slug":"cocacola","id":"qISqFzb9fey4","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Troll","slug":"troll","id":"YukicjUrvbQc","isSection":0},{"name":"BrianKemp","slug":"briankemp","id":"thkEBzDXb8tV","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Ayush Jain","id":"uR5CExJXEjdY","username":"ayushjainn16","role":3,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-04-04T14:47:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recently signed the Restrictive Voting Rights Bill that will further limit voter's rights in the state of Georgia. The former US president \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/topic/donaldtrump\"\u003eDonald Trump\u003c/a\u003e gave a statement calling for boycott of companies, including Coke that have spoken against the voting bill.\u0026nbsp;,In the statement given by former president, he called for boycott of \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/big-companies-feel-heat-as-us-voting-rights-debate-intensifies\"\u003ecompanies\u003c/a\u003e such as Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, JP Morgan Chase, UPS, Viacom CBS, Delta Airlines and others. He added that the Democrats have time and again called for boycotts and now it is time for Republicans to do the same.\u0026nbsp;,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/donald-trump-owes-ex-bodyguard-130-for-cheeseburgers-and-fries\"\u003eDonald Trump owes ex-bodyguard $130 for cheeseburgers and fries\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,Recently, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey released a statement against the Georgia restrictive voting bill and said that Congress should act against it.\u0026nbsp;Coca-Cola's interference brought criticism from Trump loyalists who also called for boycott of the company.,Twitterati is trolling Trump after he included Coke in the list of companies, knowing that in his tenure, he installed a '\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/joe-biden-removes-donald-trumps-diet-coke-button-from-oval-office\"\u003eDiet Coke button\u003c/a\u003e' on his table as he is very fond of the drink.\u0026nbsp;,Here are a few tweets trolling Trump:,Trump in his statement said that Democrats have kept boycotting every company or product that has stated against their party line. And it was just about time that Republicans do the same as well.\u0026nbsp;,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/us-japan-south-korea-share-concerns-about-north-koreas-nuclear-program\"\u003eUS, Japan, South Korea share 'concerns' about North Korea's nuclear programme\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,What do you say about Trump's boycott of Diet Coke?","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"25.7617","longitude":"-80.1918","name":"Miami, FL, USA","city":"Florida"},"keywords":"Coke, Trump, Georgia, Voting Rights bill, Coca Cola, Troll, Diet Coke Button, Twitter, Boycott, MLB, Coke, Social Media, Netizens","originalPublishedOn":"2021-04-04T14:47:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"Noe38OX16zeo","slug":"mlb-joins-political-protests-bandwagon-after-relocation-avoids-player-boycott","slugV2":"sports/mlb-joins-political-protests-bandwagon-after-relocation-avoids-player-boycott-448411/","title":"MLB joins political protests bandwagon after relocation, avoids player boycott","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_7LdObHxyK.jpg","coverCaption":"The previous venue for the MLB All Stars Game was set in Georgia. (Photo Credit: Representative Image/Unsplash)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-04-03T07:30:00+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe decision to move the game was announced by MLB chief Rob Manfred\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eHe said, \"It's a difficult decision but I certainly support it.\"\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSimilar relocations were done in the 1993 superbowl and 2017 NBA All Stars match\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1617414349077,\\\"strCount\\\":3227,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which is scheduled for July with the previous venue being in Atlanta, avoided a significant player boycott by altering the venue. The decision was announced by MLB chief Rob Manfred on Friday.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The July 13 exhibition showdown between National and American league superstars was moved after Georgia passed a law making it more difficult for Black people to vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Any intent to suppress any American from voting, I disagree with,\\\\\\\" said Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the 2018 and 2019 All-Star Game manager for the National League, reported AFP.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Certainly I'm saddened and disappointed for fans in the state of Georgia. They are the victims in this.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"It's a difficult decision but I certainly support it.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/mlb-all-star-game-moved-from-atlanta-over-restrictive-voting-law-in-georgia-671672/\\\\\\\"\u003eMLB All-Star Game moved from Atlanta over restrictive voting law in Georgia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Manfred decided to move the game in the wake of protests that drew the backing of US President Joe Biden and such major Georgia businesses as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"It was a tough situation. I feel like it was the right decision,\\\\\\\" said 17-season MLB pitcher Edwin Jackson. \\\\\\\"It's a powerful impact baseball has shown it has on the community.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Harold Reynolds, a two-time All-Star player now working as a television commentator, said MLB risked having players refuse to play had the game been staged in Atlanta in the wake of the restrictive voting law.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Players were not going to play,\\\\\\\" he said. \\\\\\\"That's part of taking a stand for social justice. 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It was great he reached out to us.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"We have to commend him. This was not an easy decision to have to make. He got a sense (of players' feelings) and the sense was to go ahead and make that decision to move the game.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"He made the decision to step up.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Similar moves of protests have been common from the side of sporting events like the relocation of the 2017 NBA All-Stars game and 1993 Super Bowl. The decisions were taken after the host states passed controversial laws ahead of the games.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Atlanta, GA, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Aman Butani","photo":"","username":"AmanButani1707","id":"5nOPSrhK74Fh","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"MLBAllStars","slug":"mlballstars","id":"mhmhsBgx3UNx","isSection":0},{"name":"MajorLeagueBaseball","slug":"majorleaguebaseball","id":"DtAlgY2OjQEi","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"MLB","slug":"mlb","id":"3R5iaUFaJeJ9","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0},{"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","id":"SCa8YTAwt6sC","isSection":1}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[{"name":"Aman Butani","id":"5nOPSrhK74Fh","username":"AmanButani1707","role":7,"userType":0}],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[{"id":"2","name":"AFP"}],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-04-03T07:30:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which is scheduled for July with the previous venue being in Atlanta, avoided a significant player boycott by altering the venue. The decision was announced by MLB chief Rob Manfred on Friday.,The July 13 exhibition showdown between National and American league superstars was moved after Georgia passed a law making it more difficult for Black people to vote.,\"Any intent to suppress any American from voting, I disagree with,\" said Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the 2018 and 2019 All-Star Game manager for the National League, reported AFP.\u0026nbsp;,\"Certainly I'm saddened and disappointed for fans in the state of Georgia. They are the victims in this.,\"It's a difficult decision but I certainly support it.\",\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/mlb-all-star-game-moved-from-atlanta-over-restrictive-voting-law-in-georgia\"\u003eMLB All-Star Game moved from Atlanta over restrictive voting law in Georgia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,Manfred decided to move the game in the wake of protests that drew the backing of US President Joe Biden and such major Georgia businesses as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines.,\"It was a tough situation. I feel like it was the right decision,\" said 17-season MLB pitcher Edwin Jackson. \"It's a powerful impact baseball has shown it has on the community.\",Harold Reynolds, a two-time All-Star player now working as a television commentator, said MLB risked having players refuse to play had the game been staged in Atlanta in the wake of the restrictive voting law.,\"Players were not going to play,\" he said. \"That's part of taking a stand for social justice. And I'm not just talking about black players in The Players Alliance.\",The alliance was a group of active and former MLB players, mostly but not all Black, formed last year in the wake of rising social justice concerns.,\"We will use our voice, our platform, and our partnerships now more than ever to create real, tangible change for the Black community to stand up for every American's right to vote,\" the group said in a statement, reported AFP.\u0026nbsp;,\"We will not be silenced. We won't back down in the fight for racial equity. We will never stop breaking barriers to the ballot box.\",Curtis Granderson, president of the alliance and a three-time All-Star in 16 MLB seasons, was among those who spoke to Manfred as he consulted stakeholders about the decision.,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/georgia-governor-calls-bidens-attempt-to-relocate-mlb-game-venue-ridiculous\"\u003eGeorgia governor calls Biden's attempt to relocate MLB game venue 'ridiculous'\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,\"It was emotional,\" Granderson said. \"He was taking a pulse. He was letting us know where he was at. It was great that he was receptive. It was great he reached out to us.,\"We have to commend him. This was not an easy decision to have to make. He got a sense (of players' feelings) and the sense was to go ahead and make that decision to move the game.,\"He made the decision to step up.\",Similar moves of protests have been common from the side of sporting events like the relocation of the 2017 NBA All-Stars game and 1993 Super Bowl. 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But the companies had largely stayed publicly quiet throughout the bruising legislative debate.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Kemp, in an interview on CNBC Wednesday, said the measure had been misrepresented by opponents, noting that the law ensures more early voting days than many states and automatic voter registration when obtaining a driver's license.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"But critics say measures such as restricting the access to voting drop boxes to business hours are designed to depress turnout, and make it difficult for those in underrepresented communities to vote.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Georgia was one of the most hotly contested states in the 2020 election, with President Joe Biden narrowly prevailing over Donald Trump, who claimed falsely that he lost Georgia due to voter fraud.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Legislators in 43 states have introduced more than 250 bills that would make it harder to vote in response to the former president's \\\\\\\"continued lies about voter fraud,\\\\\\\" according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a progressive think tank.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"After Kemp signed the bill into law, Delta released a statement last Friday that said it \\\\\\\"engaged extensively\\\\\\\" with lawmakers in both parties to improve the bill, while adding that \\\\\\\"there continues to be work ahead\\\\\\\" on the matter.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However, the company faced consumer criticism, with #BoycottDelta trending on Twitter over the weekend.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Bastian said Wednesday's announcement came after the company had more time to \\\\\\\"fully understand\\\\\\\" the bill and its effect on the Black community.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"The entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie: that there was widespread voter fraud in Georgia in the 2020 elections,\\\\\\\" Bastian said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Nse Ufot, chief executive of the New Georgia Project Action Fund, applauded Delta's shift, \\\\\\\"even if it's late.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Conversations with Black and Brown leaders must happen at all stages and all areas of decision-making, not after the damage is done,\\\\\\\" she wrote in a statement. \\\\\\\"Here's the lesson: listen to Black and Brown people. 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We are the future, and our voices matter.\\\\\\\"\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Georgia, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Chandandeep Kour","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_D1wiusqkW.jpg","username":"chandandeep","id":"MunTupRYJUK","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"CocaCola","slug":"cocacola","id":"qISqFzb9fey4","isSection":0},{"name":"DeltaAirlines","slug":"deltaairlines","id":"EOfLJtKFFaXq","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AFP","id":"nVfXD2DyevLA","username":"afp","role":8,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-04-01T10:20:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":"jjFoFwI11t7u","cleanText":"Facing boycott threats over their earlier public neutrality on a new voting rights law in Georgia, \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/delta-airlines-internal-statement-of-georgian-bill-leaked-twitter-outraged\"\u003eDelta Air Lines \u003c/a\u003eand Coca-Cola on Wednesday publicly slammed the state measure and vowed to work to ensure better ballot access.,Delta chief executive Ed Bastian called the new Georgia state law \"unacceptable\" in a memo to staff, while Coca-Cola chief James Quincey said in a broadcast interview the controversial measure was \"a step backward.\",The statements came as big companies in Georgia and beyond face pressure from civil rights leaders to fight against a wave of voting rights changes in myriad states that critics have likened to Jim Crow-era restrictions used to repress the political power of African Americans.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/joe-biden-urges-us-congress-to-pass-voter-right-laws-soon\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Read|\u0026nbsp;Joe Biden urges US Congress to pass voter right laws 'soon'\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,Georgia's new law comes after unprecedented turnout in the 2020 election due to increased use of early voting and vote-by-mail amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a state with a history of slavery and segregation where Black people have faced decades of attempts to inhibit their votes.,Major lobbies such as the Business Roundtable have broadly endorsed ballot access and initiatives to promote voting, but individual companies have largely tried to steer clear of thorny legislative debates on voting in an era of US political polarization.,Quincey said Coca-Cola had always opposed the new Georgia law.,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/republican-lindsey-grahams-gun-control-comments-trigger-twitter-uproar\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Read|\u0026nbsp;Republican Lindsey Graham's gun control comments trigger Twitter uproar\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,\"Many things are improved and done and achieved in private without having to take a public stand,\" he told CNBC. \"But in this case, it has not worked, clearly, so we're being more forceful in our public position.\",A group of 72 prominent Black executives -- including Merck chief executive Kenneth Frazier and Mellody Hobson and John Rogers Jr, the co-chief executives of Ariel Investments -- released a public letter Wednesday calling for corporate America to oppose restrictive voting measures, US media reported.,The Georgia measure, signed into law last week by Republican Governor Brian Kemp, imposes voter identification requirements, limits the number of voting drop boxes and enacts other restrictions, such as forbidding volunteers from giving water bottles to voters who can be forced to wait in line for hours.,Voting rights advocates had sought support from big corporations in the large southern state, whose capital Atlanta is also home to the headquarters to Home Depot and UPS. But the companies had largely stayed publicly quiet throughout the bruising legislative debate.,Kemp, in an interview on CNBC Wednesday, said the measure had been misrepresented by opponents, noting that the law ensures more early voting days than many states and automatic voter registration when obtaining a driver's license.,But critics say measures such as restricting the access to voting drop boxes to business hours are designed to depress turnout, and make it difficult for those in underrepresented communities to vote.,Georgia was one of the most hotly contested states in the 2020 election, with President Joe Biden narrowly prevailing over Donald Trump, who claimed falsely that he lost Georgia due to voter fraud.,Legislators in 43 states have introduced more than 250 bills that would make it harder to vote in response to the former president's \"continued lies about voter fraud,\" according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a progressive think tank.,After Kemp signed the bill into law, Delta released a statement last Friday that said it \"engaged extensively\" with lawmakers in both parties to improve the bill, while adding that \"there continues to be work ahead\" on the matter.,However, the company faced consumer criticism, with #BoycottDelta trending on Twitter over the weekend.,Bastian said Wednesday's announcement came after the company had more time to \"fully understand\" the bill and its effect on the Black community.,\"The entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie: that there was widespread voter fraud in Georgia in the 2020 elections,\" Bastian said.,Nse Ufot, chief executive of the New Georgia Project Action Fund, applauded Delta's shift, \"even if it's late.\",\"Conversations with Black and Brown leaders must happen at all stages and all areas of decision-making, not after the damage is done,\" she wrote in a statement. \"Here's the lesson: listen to Black and Brown people. Listen to young voters. Listen to new voters. We are the future, and our voices matter.\"","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"32.1656","longitude":"-82.9001","name":"Georgia, USA","city":"Dublin"},"keywords":"Coca Cola on Georgia voting law, Georgia voting law, Georgia, United States","originalPublishedOn":"2021-04-01T10:20:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"PB1wFRGTmEGB","slug":"delta-airlines-internal-statement-of-georgian-bill-leaked-twitter-outraged","slugV2":"usa/delta-airlines-internal-statement-of-georgian-bill-leaked-twitter-outraged-477879/","title":"Delta Airlines' internal statement on Georgian bill leaked, Internet outraged","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_ADPQxrbLS.jpg","coverCaption":"The legislation has been called racist and has been blamed for voter suppression. 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Critics have called the legislation racist\\\\nand said that it would lead to voter suppression. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The bill would grant state officials the\\\\nright to replace local officials, limit drop boxes to the inside of early\\\\nvoting locations during voting hours and allow for many challenges to voter\\\\nregistrations and eligibility.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/suez-canal-blockage-may-have-been-caused-by-human-error-394357/\\\\\\\"\u003eSuez canal blockage may have been caused by 'human error'\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"As per the alleged statement, the airlines’ state government affairs\\\\nteam “has been heavily engaged” with state officials and had been “holding\\\\nmeetings” to make sure the Delta voice was heard. \\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The CEO of Meidas Touch, Ben Meiselas reportedly got a tip from an insider and released the unofficial statement online.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eUse the hashtag \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e and tell them how you feel! \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/kj6WXUG3Av\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/kj6WXUG3Av\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/meiselasb/status/1375891178680246277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eUse the hashtag \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e and tell them how you feel! \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/kj6WXUG3Av\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/kj6WXUG3Av\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/meiselasb/status/1375891178680246277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Twitter users are enraged over this leaked statement and are actively asking Delta airlines to release a clarification.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eAnd just when we are getting ready to fly again. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/wPHgYT4ztS\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/wPHgYT4ztS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; ?Be a Cutie Pie - Wear a Mask (@Soshjust) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Soshjust/status/1375898924893024263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eAnd just when we are getting ready to fly again. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/wPHgYT4ztS\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/wPHgYT4ztS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; ?Be a Cutie Pie - Wear a Mask (@Soshjust) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Soshjust/status/1375898924893024263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/twitter-trolls-ted-cruzs-dramatic-documentation-of-us-mexico-border-655242/\\\\\\\"\u003eTwitter trolls Ted Cruz's 'dramatic' documentation of US-Mexico border\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eMy family and I usually fly \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Delta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@Delta\u003c/a\u003e on most of our flights since I\u0026#39;m a card holder. But after this internal memo, they will not catch these black coins no longer. Trash!! \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Betyna Berice, MPH✊? (@tynaberice) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/tynaberice/status/1375903785197862913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eMy family and I usually fly \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Delta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@Delta\u003c/a\u003e on most of our flights since I\u0026#39;m a card holder. But after this internal memo, they will not catch these black coins no longer. Trash!! \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Betyna Berice, MPH✊? (@tynaberice) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/tynaberice/status/1375903785197862913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e Its apparent that Delta does not have an issue with racism in this country and believes \u0026quot; The Big Lie\u0026quot; . I will NEVER fly them or any airline their associated to. The American people have had ENOUGH and we stand united against those against Democracy!\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Terri Weidner (@TerriLatersBaby) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/TerriLatersBaby/status/1375918059479793669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e Its apparent that Delta does not have an issue with racism in this country and believes \u0026quot; The Big Lie\u0026quot; . I will NEVER fly them or any airline their associated to. The American people have had ENOUGH and we stand united against those against Democracy!\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Terri Weidner (@TerriLatersBaby) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/TerriLatersBaby/status/1375918059479793669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"American sports commentator Keith Olbermann also took to Twitter and urged people to \\\\\\\"not spend money with Delta\\\\\\\".\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eI suggested yesterday that Baseball would have to be the first practical national target if \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottGeorgia?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottGeorgia\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Delta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@Delta\u003c/a\u003e has evidently replied “hold my hood.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo not fly Delta. Do not spend money with Delta. Boycott Delta. Ruin Delta. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/Y1dKZ31voS\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/Y1dKZ31voS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1375891703547236353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eI suggested yesterday that Baseball would have to be the first practical national target if \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottGeorgia?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottGeorgia\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Delta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@Delta\u003c/a\u003e has evidently replied “hold my hood.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo not fly Delta. Do not spend money with Delta. Boycott Delta. Ruin Delta. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/Y1dKZ31voS\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/Y1dKZ31voS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1375891703547236353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a travel agent it is my perogative to not \u0026quot;see\u0026quot; Delta as a client option. Can always offer AA or UA or Southwest instead. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/yzWt4qASjx\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/yzWt4qASjx\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Jan Holloway (@JanHolloway16) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/JanHolloway16/status/1375904404986068996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottDelta?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e#BoycottDelta\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a travel agent it is my perogative to not \u0026quot;see\u0026quot; Delta as a client option. Can always offer AA or UA or Southwest instead. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/yzWt4qASjx\\\\\\\"\u003ehttps://t.co/yzWt4qASjx\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Jan Holloway (@JanHolloway16) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/JanHolloway16/status/1375904404986068996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 27, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Earlier, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/india/india-us-start-naval-exercise-in-eastern-indian-ocean-region-457167/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS President Joe Biden\u003c/a\u003e had also said that would do everything\\\\\\\" in his power to stop the signing of the bill calling it\u0026nbsp; \\\\\\\"un-American.\\\\\\\"\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Georgia, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Mallika Sinha","photo":null,"username":"mallikasinha121","id":"OnzDcez252Ig","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"DeltaAirlines","slug":"deltaairlines","id":"EOfLJtKFFaXq","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Mallika Sinha","id":"OnzDcez252Ig","username":"mallikasinha121","role":7,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-03-28T04:15:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"#BoycottDelta is trending on \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/us-lawmakers-grill-tech-ceos-over-misinformation-in-remote-hearing\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e after the \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/delta-air-lines-ceo-calls-2020-toughest-year-in-history-after-124-billion-loss\"\u003eAmerican airlines\u0026nbsp;\u003c/a\u003e allegedly released an internal statement on the controversial Georgian bill\nsigned into law which restricts voter rights. ,\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/georgia-senate-passes-bill-restricting-voting-access-awaiting-governors-sign\"\u003eGeorgia Governor Brian Kemp\u003c/a\u003e signed the controversial Election\nIntegrity Act of 2021 into law on Thursday. Critics have called the legislation racist\nand said that it would lead to voter suppression. ,The bill would grant state officials the\nright to replace local officials, limit drop boxes to the inside of early\nvoting locations during voting hours and allow for many challenges to voter\nregistrations and eligibility.,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/suez-canal-blockage-may-have-been-caused-by-human-error\"\u003eSuez canal blockage may have been caused by 'human error'\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,As per the alleged statement, the airlines’ state government affairs\nteam “has been heavily engaged” with state officials and had been “holding\nmeetings” to make sure the Delta voice was heard. ,The CEO of Meidas Touch, Ben Meiselas reportedly got a tip from an insider and released the unofficial statement online.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;,Twitter users are enraged over this leaked statement and are actively asking Delta airlines to release a clarification.\u0026nbsp;,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/twitter-trolls-ted-cruzs-dramatic-documentation-of-us-mexico-border\"\u003eTwitter trolls Ted Cruz's 'dramatic' documentation of US-Mexico border\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,American sports commentator Keith Olbermann also took to Twitter and urged people to \"not spend money with Delta\".\u0026nbsp;,Earlier, \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/india-us-start-naval-exercise-in-eastern-indian-ocean-region\"\u003eUS President Joe Biden\u003c/a\u003e had also said that would do everything\" in his power to stop the signing of the bill calling it\u0026nbsp; \"un-American.\"","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"32.1656","longitude":"-82.9001","name":"Georgia, USA","city":"Dublin"},"keywords":"Why is Boycott Delta trending on Twitter, Delta Airlines, What did Delta Airlines do now, What is the controversial georgia law, Voter suppression law georgia ","originalPublishedOn":"2021-03-28T04:15:00+05:30"}},{"node":{"id":"moS37VAn7GnT","slug":"watch-georgia-state-rep-park-cannon-arrested-while-protesting-restrictive-voting-bill","slugV2":"usa/watch-georgia-state-rep-park-cannon-arrested-while-protesting-restrictive-voting-bill-429876/","title":"Watch | Georgia State Rep. arrested while protesting restrictive voting bill","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_b0gRWKyR_.jpg","coverCaption":"The policemen dragged Representative Park Cannon from the Capitol building and pushed her into a police car. (Photo Credit: Twitter/ @ossoff)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2021-03-26T08:18:29+05:30","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eA restrictive voting bill was passed by Governor Brian Kemp on Thursday\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eDem. Rep. Park Cannon was protesting along with others against the bill outside governor's chambers\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eLater, she was arrested by the troopers, who didn't gave a reason behind detaining her\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1616726909752,\\\"strCount\\\":2372,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"As per the local media reports and videos doing the rounds on social media, a sitting Democratic state Rep. from Georgia was detained by state troopers shortly after a bill got passed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp bringing restrictive voting rights bill into law.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Video shows the policemen handcuffing Rep. Park Cannon after she knocked the doors of the chamber where Gov. Kemp was signing a law that limits access to the polls and makes it even easier to influence lawful elections. Cannon was one of several protestors outside the governor's chamber.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/us-lawmakers-grill-tech-ceos-over-misinformation-in-remote-hearing-426716/\\\\\\\"\u003eUS lawmakers grill tech CEOs over misinformation in remote hearing\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The lawmaker was with several other protestors outside the governor's chamber when she knocked at his chamber's door, saying the public should be allowed to witness the announcement of the passing law. The legislation requires ID for absentee ballots, limits drop boxes and changes early voting hours.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Later, the troopers forcibly removed Cannon, who is the Democrat Rep. from Atlanta, pulling her through Capitol and pushing her into a police car.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Here' the video of the Cannon being taken away by the police:\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eThis is insane: Georgia Dem rep \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Cannonfor58?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@Cannonfor58\u003c/a\u003e was arrested for trying to watch Brian Kemp sign new voter suppression bill. Look at how she is treated by police. This is straight out of Jim Crow \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/zRpMWumbkQ\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/zRpMWumbkQ\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Ari Berman (@AriBerman) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1375221522307104773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 25, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eThis is insane: Georgia Dem rep \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/Cannonfor58?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003e@Cannonfor58\u003c/a\u003e was arrested for trying to watch Brian Kemp sign new voter suppression bill. Look at how she is treated by police. This is straight out of Jim Crow \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/zRpMWumbkQ\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/zRpMWumbkQ\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Ari Berman (@AriBerman) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1375221522307104773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMarch 25, 2021\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The charges against the Democrat Rep. are still unclear. According to. When other protestors continuously kept asking that why were they arresting the Rep.? As per the video, one of the protestors even asked the troopers to cite the code under which she was being arrested but\u0026nbsp; the state police didn't utter a word.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlso Read | \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/the-contrast-of-styles-joe-biden-and-donald-trump-in-debut-press-conferences-388069/\\\\\\\"\u003eThe contrast of styles: Joe Biden and Donald Trump in debut press conferences\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Many people have came out on media and social media platforms to protest against the arrest of the elected official. The US Senator from Georgia Jon Ossoff took to his twitter and said, \\\\\\\"I stand with Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon (@Cannonfor58), who was arrested and CHARGED WITH A FELONY for ... for what?\\\\n\\\\nFor *knocking on Gov. Kemp’s office door* as she tried to observe the cowardly closed-door signing ceremony for the voter suppression law.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Other Representatives from throughout the country cam together to stand with Cannon and ask the reason for her wrongful arrest.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Georgia, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Ayush Jain","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_h6e6JWoQr.jpg","username":"ayushjainn16","id":"uR5CExJXEjdY","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"BrianKemp","slug":"briankemp","id":"thkEBzDXb8tV","isSection":0},{"name":"ParkCannon","slug":"parkcannon","id":"qezQz6s99sV0","isSection":0},{"name":"Detention","slug":"detention","id":"0NbguMEj0yWA","isSection":0},{"name":"Georgia","slug":"georgia","id":"blo1guQPr8L9","isSection":0},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ","isSection":0},{"name":"VotingRights","slug":"votingrights","id":"IJ6TdUTRS9no","isSection":0},{"name":"Police","slug":"police","id":"mfb9JdUrEgum","isSection":0},{"name":"DemocraticParty","slug":"democraticparty","id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","isSection":0},{"name":"RepublicanParty","slug":"republicanparty","id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","isSection":0}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Ayush Jain","id":"uR5CExJXEjdY","username":"ayushjainn16","role":3,"userType":0}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2021-03-26T08:09:00+05:30","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"As per the local media reports and videos doing the rounds on social media, a sitting Democratic state Rep. from Georgia was detained by state troopers shortly after a bill got passed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp bringing restrictive voting rights bill into law.\u0026nbsp;,Video shows the policemen handcuffing Rep. Park Cannon after she knocked the doors of the chamber where Gov. Kemp was signing a law that limits access to the polls and makes it even easier to influence lawful elections. Cannon was one of several protestors outside the governor's chamber.,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/us-lawmakers-grill-tech-ceos-over-misinformation-in-remote-hearing\"\u003eUS lawmakers grill tech CEOs over misinformation in remote hearing\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,The lawmaker was with several other protestors outside the governor's chamber when she knocked at his chamber's door, saying the public should be allowed to witness the announcement of the passing law. The legislation requires ID for absentee ballots, limits drop boxes and changes early voting hours.,Later, the troopers forcibly removed Cannon, who is the Democrat Rep. from Atlanta, pulling her through Capitol and pushing her into a police car.,Here' the video of the Cannon being taken away by the police:,The charges against the Democrat Rep. are still unclear. According to. When other protestors continuously kept asking that why were they arresting the Rep.? As per the video, one of the protestors even asked the troopers to cite the code under which she was being arrested but\u0026nbsp; the state police didn't utter a word.,\u003cb\u003eAlso Read | \u003ca href=\"https://opoyi.com/the-contrast-of-styles-joe-biden-and-donald-trump-in-debut-press-conferences\"\u003eThe contrast of styles: Joe Biden and Donald Trump in debut press conferences\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e,Many people have came out on media and social media platforms to protest against the arrest of the elected official. The US Senator from Georgia Jon Ossoff took to his twitter and said, \"I stand with Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon (@Cannonfor58), who was arrested and CHARGED WITH A FELONY for ... for what?\n\nFor *knocking on Gov. Kemp’s office door* as she tried to observe the cowardly closed-door signing ceremony for the voter suppression law.\",Other Representatives from throughout the country cam together to stand with Cannon and ask the reason for her wrongful arrest.\u0026nbsp;","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_6k77dlSYd.jpg","role":2,"userType":1},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"32.1656","longitude":"-82.9001","name":"Georgia, USA","city":"Dublin"},"keywords":"Brian Kemp, Park Cannon, Georgia, Atlanta, Capitol, Detention, Arrest, Voting rights, restrictive voting bill, police, US, troopers, Governor's chambers, knocking the door","originalPublishedOn":"2021-03-26T08:09:00+05:30"}}]},"widgets":[]},"topicList":[{"id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv","slug":"unitedstates","name":"UnitedStates","isSection":0},{"id":"JeBpnSz5cZyu","slug":"republicanparty","name":"RepublicanParty","isSection":0},{"id":"o5cIzycfE1Px","slug":"democraticparty","name":"DemocraticParty","isSection":0},{"id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp","slug":"joebiden","name":"JoeBiden","isSection":0},{"id":"iEhRQcab92b8","slug":"world","name":"World","isSection":1},{"id":"1awmCmIjhk9L","slug":"ussenate","name":"USSenate","isSection":0},{"id":"NYS6J2BBfSdS","slug":"international","name":"International","isSection":0},{"id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu","slug":"politics","name":"Politics","isSection":0},{"id":"2BkYVqd4njLi","slug":"donaldtrump","name":"DonaldTrump","isSection":0},{"id":"3LLuFJAHBmmF","slug":"chuckschumer","name":"ChuckSchumer","isSection":0},{"id":"LbJnt4LRtJmV","slug":"voting","name":"Voting","isSection":0},{"id":"Um5KTbuGxMjX","slug":"senate","name":"Senate","isSection":0},{"id":"5XE2gabHzcdC","slug":"texas","name":"Texas","isSection":0},{"id":"blo1guQPr8L9","slug":"georgia","name":"Georgia","isSection":0},{"id":"0JelBm6rMusZ","slug":"us","name":"US","isSection":0},{"id":"bjYDLQ4qnNAG","slug":"kamalaharris","name":"KamalaHarris","isSection":0},{"id":"tS56lcuz9H09","slug":"election","name":"Election","isSection":0},{"id":"3Cfx7PQDJJJQ","slug":"elections","name":"Elections","isSection":0},{"id":"UWN6mnksnnkl","slug":"mitchmcconnell","name":"MitchMcConnell","isSection":0},{"id":"ZNY0Juvycj2F","slug":"gregabbott","name":"GregAbbott","isSection":0},{"id":"LWbRuRejLCHP","slug":"departmentofjustice","name":"DepartmentOfJustice","isSection":0},{"id":"teXnlcC6z4yK","slug":"atlanta","name":"Atlanta","isSection":0},{"id":"Vmz6UbCXmH4g","slug":"democrats","name":"Democrats","isSection":0},{"id":"EA4mfXbN7iJQ","slug":"uscongress","name":"USCongress","isSection":0},{"id":"LlYfTOGlf1E7","slug":"uspresident","name":"USPresident","isSection":0},{"id":"NJL8OrfqowPs","slug":"joemanchin","name":"JoeManchin","isSection":0},{"id":"sen4MeHKiU4x","slug":"california","name":"California","isSection":0},{"id":"Bq4MmUPrXF8p","slug":"india","name":"India","isSection":1},{"id":"izxeDCT9KwwC","slug":"uselection","name":"USElection","isSection":0},{"id":"Wmk9spJc1cbt","slug":"republicans","name":"Republicans","isSection":0},{"id":"Uycwmr3Qy7c3","slug":"electioncommissionofindia","name":"ElectionCommissionOfIndia","isSection":0},{"id":"RR7kpKJAV0Nh","slug":"lawsuit","name":"Lawsuit","isSection":0},{"id":"ZXs8JjMQ5noW","slug":"newyork","name":"NewYork","isSection":0},{"id":"vZ9rrIKWPrzP","slug":"uscapitol","name":"USCapitol","isSection":0},{"id":"hmzqkpDB7jEj","slug":"indianews","name":"IndiaNews","isSection":0},{"id":"utoRYZCuotB5","slug":"racism","name":"Racism","isSection":0},{"id":"e9u7talpuWZu","slug":"uselections","name":"USElections","isSection":0},{"id":"i3wcam5kdL4U","slug":"vote","name":"Vote","isSection":0},{"id":"N8seYWClWsnx","slug":"electionreformbill","name":"ElectionReformBill","isSection":0},{"id":"uEiPOrnGbZ46","slug":"vicepresident","name":"VicePresident","isSection":0},{"id":"XhJO5RWysx36","slug":"houseofrepresentatives","name":"HouseofRepresentatives","isSection":0},{"id":"ffp17yTGgnc9","slug":"wisconsin","name":"Wisconsin","isSection":0},{"id":"USHEbLCv0R2i","slug":"hollywood","name":"Hollywood","isSection":0},{"id":"TtrHLXvjg4wB","slug":"news","name":"news","isSection":0},{"id":"EDjrcdPuhPoT","slug":"apple","name":"Apple","isSection":0},{"id":"DUCrgr9MAl68","slug":"treasurydepartment","name":"TreasuryDepartment","isSection":0},{"id":"or15rmUqt7qZ","slug":"gavinnewsom","name":"GavinNewsom","isSection":0},{"id":"2uctzMfUfoGU","slug":"aadhaarcard","name":"AadhaarCard","isSection":0},{"id":"ROgg0pKhtJ2h","slug":"willsmith","name":"WillSmith","isSection":0},{"id":"vbZZtCVnvZFY","slug":"northcarolina","name":"NorthCarolina","isSection":0}],"slug":"votingrights","lang":"en","sectionArray":[1,2],"messages":{"Disclaimer":{"DISCLAIMER":"Disclaimer","OPINION_DISCLAIMER":"The views expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. 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