MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
STATE LEGISLATORS IN 49 STATES HAVE INTRODUCED THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION, AND 18 STATES HAVE PASSED THEM
WHAT ARE VOTER SUPPRESSION BILLS?
TWO SENATORS WHO HAVE BEEN THE MOST PROMINENT ABOUT KEEPING THE FILIBUSTER
WHO ARE SENATOR JOE MANCHIN AND SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA?
THE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT OVERTURNED THE McCAIN-FEINGOLD CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS
WHAT WAS CITIZENS UNITED (V. FEC)?
A CHANGE THAT WOULD AT LAST RENDER OBSOLETE ONE PLACE'S SLOGAN, "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
WHAT IS (PASSING) DC STATEHOOD?
THE STATE FROM WHICH DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS FLED IN ORDER TO STALL BAD ELECTIONS LAWS
WHAT IS TEXAS?
AN OFFICIAL, STILL IN OFFICE TODAY, WHO OVERSAW MAJOR SABOTAGE OF A CONSTITUTIONALLY-MANDATED FEDERAL SERVICE THAT DELIVERS BALLOTS
WHO IS POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY?
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN WHO EXPLICITLY DISMISSED THE IDEA THAT DEMOCRACY IS IN JEOPARDY NOW
WHO IS SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN?
THE VOTE COUNT THAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE CURRENT SENATE TO OVERRIDE A RULING BY THE PARLIAMENTARIAN
WHAT IS 50 +1 (OR 50 SENATORS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT, OR 51)?
THE METAPHORIC NAME FOR USING A MAJORITY VOTE TO END THE FILIBUSTER AND ALLOW SIMPLE MAJORITY RULE IN THE SENATE
WHAT IS THE NUCLEAR OPTION?
A NEW CALIFORNIA FEDERAL LEGISLATOR WHO WROTE AN OPINION ARTICLE TITLED, "WE MUST END THE FILIBUSTER TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY"
WHO IS SENATOR ALEX PADILLA?
IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE IDEA, SPREAD BY TRUMP, THAT THERE WAS MASS VOTE RIGGING IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THAT HE SOMEHOW WON
WHAT IS "THE BIG LIE?"
THE VERY DANGEROUS THING THAT THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT AND THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT, DESPITE THEIR MERITS, WOULD NOT PREVENT STATE LEGISLATURES FROM TRYING TO DO
WHAT IS OVERTURN THE ELECTION RESULTS (OR APPOINT OTHER ELECTORAL COLLEGE DELEGATES)?
IT'S A FEDERAL OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR PROTECTING LOCAL VOTING RIGHTS, ONE WHICH THE SUPREME COURT TOSSED OUT IN 2013 OSTENSIBLY BECAUSE RACISM IS OVER, OR SOMETHING
WHAT IS PRE-CLEARANCE?
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD END GERRYMANDERING AND SET MINIMUM NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION
WHAT IS THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT (OR S.1, OR H.R.1)?
(202) 224-3121
WHAT IS U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD (PHONE NUMBER)?
IT'S WHAT ARIZONA REPUBLICANS ARE FAKING THAT THEY'RE DOING, WHEN THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO OVERTURN IT
WHAT IS THE "AUDIT THE VOTE?"
A DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN WHO SO FAR DOESN'T SUPPORT ENDING THE FILIBUSTER, NOT EVEN TO PASS VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION, AND WHO IMPLIED THAT IF IT DOESN'T PASS, MAYBE WE'LL JUST HAVE TO VOTE HARDER NEXT TIME
WHO IS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN?
IT’S THE KIND OF INTENT THAT YOU NOW HAVE TO PROVE, NOT JUST SHOW IN THE RESULTS, IN ORDER TO OVERTURN A BAD ELECTION LAW... DUE TO A RECENT SUPREME COURT VOTING RIGHTS ACT RULING
WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE (OR RACIST INTENT)?
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RE-ESTABLISH FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION CHANGES, TO BLOCK NEW RACIST VOTER-SUPPRESSION RULES
WHAT IS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS (ADVANCEMENT) ACT?
ABOUT FIVE CONSTITUENT CALLS INTO A SENATOR'S OFFICE IN A SINGLE DAY ON ONE ISSUE WILL TYPICALLY ACCOMPLISH THIS
WHAT GETS A SENATOR'S ATTENTION?
A SENATOR WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE 2020 ELECTION RESULT IN GEORGIA ON BEHALF OF A MAN HE ONCE CORRECTLY CALLED A "KOOK" AND "UNFIT FOR OFFICE"
WHO IS SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM?
A STATE ELECTIONS OFFICIAL WHO, PRIOR TO STANDING UP TO TRUMP ON THE ACCURACY OF THE VOTE, PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED VOTER RESTRICTIONS THAT MADE OUR CLOSE WINS THERE VERY DIFFICULT
WHO IS GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD RAFFENSPERGER?
THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT HINGED UPON "IRREPARABLE HARM" TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF A POLITICIAN WHO HADN'T EVEN WON THE ELECTION YET
WHAT WAS BUSH V. GORE?
A CHANGE THAT COULD PREVENT THE OVERTURNING OF VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS PASSED BY CONGRESS
WHAT IS EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT (OR EXPAND THE COURTS)?
THE POLITICIAN WHO, WHEN TOLD THE POLITICAL RISKS OF PUSHING THROUGH A VOTING RIGHTS LAW, SAID, "WHAT THE HELL IS THE PRESIDENCY FOR?"
WHO WAS PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON (LBJ)?