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Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Senate Rules Committee, took her show on the road on Monday. She held a hearing in Atlanta, one of several red-hot centers of the current attempts by the Republican Party to turn the United States of America into a one-party state where that party is full to its gunwales with crazy people. This was the first field hearing by that Senate committee in two decades, which is an indication of what a dire emergency Klobuchar considers the assault on the franchise to be. From the
“They’re trying to find new ways to mess with the fundamental rights of citizens to vote,” said U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota and chairwoman for the Senate Rules Committee. “The way you get at that, you’re supposed to find salvation from the Constitution and the federal government. This is that moment.” … They said confining drop boxes to early voting locations will limit opportunities for workers to return their ballots. Absentee ballot ID requirements will have a disproportionate impact on Black voters, a higher percentage of whom lack identifying documents on file with election officials. And potential state takeovers of county election boards threatens fair oversight. “This is a recipe not only for voter suppression but for chaos in our democracy,” said U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.