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THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

51: The GOP Wages War Against Black Voters March 5, 2021

THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

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Politics, News

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

With Washington on edge from the threat of renewed extremist violence, Congress passed sweeping new voter rights protection aimed at beating back the GOP onslaught currently going on in state governments across the country. Then Michael sits down with Jeet Heer, National Affairs correspondent for the Nation Magazine. For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out www.meaculpapodcast.com/merch

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0:00.0

This is Michael Cohen and you're listening to the Mayer Colpa Weekend Review.

0:27.9

On Wednesday, House Democrats pushed through a sweeping expansion of federal voting rights

0:33.2

against total Republican opposition.

0:36.3

It's the latest battle in a raging war about elections aimed at countering GOP attempts

0:42.0

to claim down on ballot access.

0:44.6

HR1, known as the For People Act, would overhaul government ethics and campaign finance laws

0:51.7

and seek to strengthen voting rights by creating automatic voter registration and expanding

0:57.4

access to early and absentee voting.

1:00.8

The vote on the bill comes as Republican-controlled state legislators across the country have launched

1:07.0

their own offensive with some 250 separate measures taking in ballot access, including measures

1:14.2

to limit mail-in voting and impose stricter voter identification requirements.

1:20.2

It could become the most significant overhaul of U.S. elections and government ethics in

1:23.8

a generation.

1:25.0

Before the People Act requires states to offer same-day voter registration and would automatically

1:30.1

register all eligible voters.

1:32.2

It also limits states' ability to purge voter rolls and would restore voting rights to

1:36.4

felons who have completed their sentences.

1:38.7

Democrats say the reforms would expand voting access to marginalized groups, especially minorities,

1:43.5

and establish some national standards.

1:45.7

Republicans say it gives too much power to the federal government to manage what are

1:49.2

supposed to be state-run elections.

1:51.2

The legislation, while ambitious, is unlikely to pass in the Senate where a super majority

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