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As we said for the last version of the map, Illinois Democrats, led by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, have made it clear that they are willing to disenfranchise Illinois voters and break repeated campaign promises to do the bidding of [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi and D.C. power brokers, this new congressional map is an even more aggressive version of Democrats' Nancy Pelosi Protection Plan. – Joe Hackler	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Instead of doing what you should be doing when you lose an election in a democracy, attempting to win over those voters in the next election, Republicans instead are trying to disenfranchise those voters, shame on them. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Every public official has a responsibility to tell the truth, all the clever arguments and rhetorical gymnastics in the world won't change the fact that this January 6th effort is designed to disenfranchise millions of Americans simply because they voted for someone in a different party. We ought to be better than that. If we normalize this, we're going to turn American politics into a Hatfields and McCoys endless blood feud -- a house hopelessly divided. – Ben Sasse	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our voting rights are under attack and efforts to disenfranchise youth could have lasting effects for decades to come. – Ruben Gallego	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I applaud the Supreme Court for following the law and refusing to order mail-in balloting that the Texas Legislature has forbidden. Universal mail-in ballots, which are notoriously vulnerable to fraud, would only lead to greater election fraud and disenfranchise lawful voters, state election officials have many options available to safely and securely hold elections without risking widespread fraud. My office will continue to fight for safe, free and fair elections. – Ken Paxton	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's been hard to vote in Kentucky, for a lot of us, for a long time. What we're seeing now is really a continuation of that, to have a county as big as Jefferson County, with hundreds of thousands of voters and say you can only vote in one location, it's just naturally going to disenfranchise people. – Charles Booker	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Mike Garcia has made it clear from the start that Mike Garcia is in lockstep with Donald Trump and will put Trump's needs before the district, leaving CA-25 residents to' fend for themselves,' now Mike Garcia is working with the President to weave baseless conspiracy theories to disenfranchise African American and Latino voters and cast doubt on the integrity of our election. This behavior shows just how out of touch Mike Garcia is with our values. – Kunal Atit	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Wisconsin's election offers a nightmare vision of what the whole country could see in the fall, a fight in which The Democrats ' struggle to balance democracy with public health, and the GOP remorselessly weaponizes courts, election laws, and coronavirus itself to disenfranchise the voters who stand in its way. – Ben Wikler	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Last week, in my testimony to the Board of Elections, I recommended that the Board of Elections and I co-chair a diverse statewide task force that can help broker solutions ensuring we do not unintentionally disenfranchise any portion of our electorate, my office will work proactively and collaboratively with the Board of Elections and local boards of canvassers to hold a fair and secure election on June 2. – State Nellie Gorbea	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This decision rightfully stops the Democrats petty politics and their efforts to disenfranchise millions of California voters and suppress Republican voter turnout. – Millan Patterson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I think there's been a tendency in the party to drift a little too far left and I think that's going to disenfranchise a large section of the country, joe represents a sort of a more middle ground where we can bring people together instead of becoming more and more fractious. – Tim Reihm	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We sued again when Wisconsin failed to hold special elections. If the GOP thinks they can disenfranchise voters by cutting early voting without a fight, they are wrong. – Marc Elias	Found on CNN 5 years ago
All I can say is this, I don't know what's going to happen, but I will say this, you're going to have a lot of very unhappy people. And I think, frankly, for the Republicans to disenfranchise all those people because if that happens, they're not voting and the Republicans lose. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Far more people disenfranchise themselves than any law does, by not participating, by not getting involved. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't want to disenfranchise voters, so that's something I have to work through in my mind at least, to me that's the biggest negative. – Charlie Masters	Found on CNN 9 years ago

As we said for the last version of the map, Illinois Democrats, led by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, have made it clear that they are willing to disenfranchise Illinois voters and break repeated campaign promises to do the bidding of [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi and D.C. power brokers, this new congressional map is an even more aggressive version of Democrats' Nancy Pelosi Protection Plan.

– Joe Hackler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Instead of doing what you should be doing when you lose an election in a democracy, attempting to win over those voters in the next election, Republicans instead are trying to disenfranchise those voters, shame on them.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Every public official has a responsibility to tell the truth, all the clever arguments and rhetorical gymnastics in the world won't change the fact that this January 6th effort is designed to disenfranchise millions of Americans simply because they voted for someone in a different party. We ought to be better than that. If we normalize this, we're going to turn American politics into a Hatfields and McCoys endless blood feud -- a house hopelessly divided.

– Ben Sasse

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Our voting rights are under attack and efforts to disenfranchise youth could have lasting effects for decades to come.

– Ruben Gallego

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I applaud the Supreme Court for following the law and refusing to order mail-in balloting that the Texas Legislature has forbidden. Universal mail-in ballots, which are notoriously vulnerable to fraud, would only lead to greater election fraud and disenfranchise lawful voters, state election officials have many options available to safely and securely hold elections without risking widespread fraud. My office will continue to fight for safe, free and fair elections.

– Ken Paxton

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's been hard to vote in Kentucky, for a lot of us, for a long time. What we're seeing now is really a continuation of that, to have a county as big as Jefferson County, with hundreds of thousands of voters and say you can only vote in one location, it's just naturally going to disenfranchise people.

– Charles Booker

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Mike Garcia has made it clear from the start that Mike Garcia is in lockstep with Donald Trump and will put Trump's needs before the district, leaving CA-25 residents to' fend for themselves,' now Mike Garcia is working with the President to weave baseless conspiracy theories to disenfranchise African American and Latino voters and cast doubt on the integrity of our election. This behavior shows just how out of touch Mike Garcia is with our values.

– Kunal Atit

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Wisconsin's election offers a nightmare vision of what the whole country could see in the fall, a fight in which The Democrats ' struggle to balance democracy with public health, and the GOP remorselessly weaponizes courts, election laws, and coronavirus itself to disenfranchise the voters who stand in its way.

– Ben Wikler

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Last week, in my testimony to the Board of Elections, I recommended that the Board of Elections and I co-chair a diverse statewide task force that can help broker solutions ensuring we do not unintentionally disenfranchise any portion of our electorate, my office will work proactively and collaboratively with the Board of Elections and local boards of canvassers to hold a fair and secure election on June 2.

– State Nellie Gorbea

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This decision rightfully stops the Democrats petty politics and their efforts to disenfranchise millions of California voters and suppress Republican voter turnout.

– Millan Patterson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think there's been a tendency in the party to drift a little too far left and I think that's going to disenfranchise a large section of the country, joe represents a sort of a more middle ground where we can bring people together instead of becoming more and more fractious.

– Tim Reihm

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We sued again when Wisconsin failed to hold special elections. If the GOP thinks they can disenfranchise voters by cutting early voting without a fight, they are wrong.

– Marc Elias

Found on CNN
5 years ago

All I can say is this, I don't know what's going to happen, but I will say this, you're going to have a lot of very unhappy people. And I think, frankly, for the Republicans to disenfranchise all those people because if that happens, they're not voting and the Republicans lose.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Far more people disenfranchise themselves than any law does, by not participating, by not getting involved.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't want to disenfranchise voters, so that's something I have to work through in my mind at least, to me that's the biggest negative.

– Charlie Masters

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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