Biden Urged to Defend Voting Rights as GOP Pursues New Limits
- Senate Democrats mull filibuster changes to pass rights bill
- New laws in GOP-controlled states would curb ballot access
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President Joe Biden faces growing pressure from his party’s left to wage an all-out defense of voting rights, as Republican-held statehouses pursue restrictions that would fall heaviest on Black voters who helped Democrats win the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Some activists say Biden should reshuffle his priorities and set aside work on a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure and economic recovery plan to focus on combating efforts to making voting more difficult.