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On Bloody Sunday Anniversary, Biden To Sign Executive Order To Promote Voting Rights
1 month ago | By The Huffington Post
But the order shows the limits of the president's power to directly combat GOP attacks on voting rights.
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Biden to mark 'Bloody Sunday' by signing voting-rights order
1 month ago | By WGN TV
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access.
Biden will announce the order during a recorded address on the 56th commemoration of “Bloody Sunday,” the 1965 incident in which some 600 civil rights activists were viciously beaten by state troopers as they tried to march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
“Every eligible voter should be able to vote and...
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Biden Marking ‘Bloody Sunday' By Signing Executive Order to Promote Voting Access
1 month ago | By Time
WASHINGTON - A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access .
His plan was being announced during a recorded address on the 56th commemoration of “Bloody Sunday,” the 1965 incident in which some 600 civil rights activists were viciously beaten by state troopers as they tried to march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
“Every eligible voter should be able to vote and have it...
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Biden marking 'Bloody Sunday' by signing voting rights executive order
1 month ago | By ABC
Biden's order includes several modest provisions, like directing federal agencies to expand access to voter registration.
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