National Democratic groups litigate 2020 in the courts
More than in previous election cycles, national Democratic groups are making litigation over election and voting laws a key part of their 2020 strategy.
A handful of Democratic groups are currently litigating about a dozen cases over what they see as unfair election laws and maps across the country.
“This is a dramatic uptick in the amount of voting rights litigation relative to past cycles,” said Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias, the chairman of Perkins Coie’s political law group and the party’s warrior in this fight.
The multimillion-dollar investment in a concerted legal strategy is an acknowledgment of how important minority and youth voters are to Democratic efforts to turn out their base in states that will be pivotal in next year’s House, Senate and presidential elections.
“We’re looking at future battlegrounds,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos told CQ Roll Call by phone Thursday.
The strategy is also a recognition that without control of state legislatures or the U.S. Senate, there’s little Democrats in government can do ahead of 2020 to reverse some of the voting laws that GOP-controlled legislatures have passed since the Supreme Court in 2013 struck down a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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and we know voting was suppressed especially in GOP controlled states.
