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FEATURING CLIFF ALBRIGHT - Donald Trump and the GOP have for years made wild claims about widespread voter fraud–as cover for stripping people of their voting rights and engaging in voter intimidation. From Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ election police arresting Black voters to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent raids on Latino civil rights activists, conservatives appear afraid of democracy. 

The ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 promotes targeting election workers in multiple states, casts doubt on the legitimacy of mail-in ballots, and continues the decades-long quest to undo the civil rights movement’s voting gains, including eliminating the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, which has been at the forefront of bringing lawsuits against counties and states that violate voting rights statutes. 

What would a progressive vision of voting rights look like instead? As part of YES! Magazine’s new initiative, Progress 2025, we turn today to Cliff Albright.

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