Voting Rights

The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all.  Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.

Our second post covers the Democrats triumph in the Midwest which shows us an ideal path to 2020 victory as well.

Democrats also dominated two Senate races and the governor race in Minnesota, Great Lakes state where Trump almost pulled off an upset.

The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all.  Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.

To start this off, a brief look at the crucial Voting Rights victories last week.

Jay Michaelson of The Daily Beast recently took a deep dive into the myths and facts of GOP voter suppression. The results were worse than he imagined.

CALL TO ACTION: A SPECIAL REPORT FROM SMART DISSENT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS

Every decade since 1790, as required by the Constitution, the federal government has undertaken a painstaking census of its people, the accuracy and fairness of which serves the interests of both political parties and of every citizen. The decennial count is used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives and set the boundaries of congressional districts.

A bit of good news to share from earlier this week.

A federal court in North Carolina ruled for the second time this year that the state’s congressional map was drawn to so severely benefit Republicans that it violates the Constitution.

Lost in the hyperspeed news cycle is this important and somewhat amusing story from last month about villain Kris Kobach.  Score one for the good guys and girls for once.

A federal judge on Monday [June 18, 2018] permanently struck down Kansas's proof-of-citizenship voter registration law, handing down a blistering ruling against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, one of the country's most vocal advocates of voter-ID laws.

Back in May 2017, Director John Thompson of the U.S. Census Bureau abruptly resgined after Congress refused to provide adequate funding for the upcoming 2020 census.

John Bolton is the mentally imbalanced new national security adviser to Trump.  Stupid leading the stupid or blind leading the blind.  We detailed Bolton is great depth HERE.  Bolton is, of course, up to no good.

The Trump administration has eliminated the White House’s top cyber policy role, jettisoning a key position created during the Obama presidency to harmonize the government's overall approach to cybersecurity policy and digital warfare.

Paul Ryan and the Trump White House are getting rid of the current chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, a John Boehner-picked official who has spent the past year helping states bulletproof election systems from Russian hackers.  Matthew Masterson has worked tirelessly to help states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others.