Richmond City Council made a big swing in determining the future of the city, with members unanimously approving a new redevelopment project in the Diamond District during a special meeting last Wednesday afternoon. Outside of Council Chambers, the reaction was more mixed.
involving a system of white supremacy 12th and a quality. let s put it this, way to say some of senator manchin s former fellow democrats aren t pleased with his decision to impose federal voting rights legislation, that might be an understatement. for his par, manchin is using unity to defend his decision. here s what he told fox news this weekend. i think it s a wrong piece of legislation to i m not supporting that. it would divide us further. back with us tonight, don callaway, democratic strategist member of the voter board for the protection action fund. also ceo, founder of pine street satyr strategies, a d.c. lobby form. matthew dowd is back with us for he was chief strategist for the bush cheney presidential effort. i know we try to keep this happy happy, joy, joy, gentlemen. matthew, i have to start with
it is a lot of information. starting with what happened in north carolina yesterday. a panel of state judges deemed the board of elections, state board of elections unconstitutional, ordered them to dissolve which they did at noon yesterday. this is not related to the investigation into voter fraud, this is an on-going legal battle back from 2016. but it has huge implications of what s going on now in the state because this voter board, this election board was doing the investigation into the voter fraud. they were also holding a hearing on january 11th to go over the evidence on voter fraud and determine whether or not there was going to be a new election. lastly, they never certified a winner. despite that harris was leading his opponent by 905 votes, they didn t certify the election. harris did file his last minute petition to try to get them to certify him as winner before they dissolved and they refused
the voter board from an evidence-free tweet struggling to gather evidence. the trump administration asked states to hand over private voter information. the basic outline of your life. military status, if you lived overseas, what party affiliation. a big ask. too big of an ask for an overwhelming number of states pap cnn inquiry found so far 44 states say they cannot or will not comply with the commission s full request. one reason it s actually causing fear and concern among voters. folks called my office to say, i m not sure i want to be registered to vote anymore. if you re going to be providing my name to, to the white house. this thing isn t getting off the ground s in number one. the a lot of criticism. numerous states refusing to give information to the distinguished voter fraud panel.
and so is fear. weeks ago, a member of the cleveland, ohio voter board. reads voter fraud is a felony. you can practically hear the gavel banging. the sign says that the money came from a private family foundation. the councilwoman wanted to know if her poor neighborhood was the only one equating with a lengthy prison sentence. the answer was no. dozens of them have been spotted all over ohio. 30 of them in the hard-luck precincts of columbus. and these have been popping up in black and latino sections.