Opinion: Schumer’s push on voting rights
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer talks to reporters following the weekly Democratic Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol March 5, 2019, in Washington. By Jonathan Capehart Jonathan Capehart Opinion writer focusing on the intersection of social and cultural issues and politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 7 at 6:01 AM “Cape Up” is Jonathan’s weekly podcast talking to key figures behind the news and our culture.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer called me to his grand office suite in the U.S. Capitol to talk voting rights. More specifically, he wanted to talk about what he wanted to do to protect it. On Thursday, the 54th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the senator will announce a three-pronged effort to accomplish such an august goal. Schumer said he wants to “undo the damage” of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby v.
“There are 50 million people in America not registered. Now, that’s a disgrace,” Schumer said to explain why he was focused on automatic registration. “It says whenever you touch any level of government, it’s not just federal, but if you touch Medicaid, if you touch the department of motor vehicles, you are automatically registered. And that will make it a lot easier to vote and a lot easier to encourage people to vote because you’ll be on the registration lists.
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