Senator John Cornyn

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Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn

What @SenOssoff is advocating is that states be required to ask PERMISSION of the Biden Department of Justice before they can make any changes in state voting laws. A similar provision was struck down in 2013 by the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County vs. Holder. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 20, 2022

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In fact, that is the basis of the Department of Justice's current lawsuit against the state of Georgia. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 20, 2022

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That provision, Section 5, was originally applied in 1965 to Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia. The additional covered subdivisions included 39 counties in North Carolina and one in Arizona. Subsequently other jurisdictions were added. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 20, 2022