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"We re committed to providing unprecedented resources to empower state parties to hold Republicans accountable as they attempt to stoke division and obstruct President Biden s agenda."
"We re committed to providing unprecedented resources to empower state parties to hold Republicans accountable as they attempt to stoke division and obstruct President Biden s agenda."
yeah. i mean, look, there s maybe like one real chance i think for democrats to get a comprehensive voting rights package passed through congress before the next mid-term elections, and that would have to be through the spending bill. so that s obviously going to take a lot of time, and the senate measure to increase election funding, led by senator klobuchar and others, that is moving through the senate right now or expected to be moving through the senate soon is not an alternative to that but it is something they re trying to fast track to chip away, to your point, all of the damage republicans are doing to restrict voting rights access and education. i mean one big thing i was struck by yesterday, i was having a conversation with the executive director of black pac, which focuses on senate and gubernatorial races and organizing black voters in crucial battleground state. she was saying while door knocking recently in north
At Rs 276 crore, BJP got lion’s share of electoral trust funding in 2019-20
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A study of contribution reports of various electoral trusts for FY20 shows BJP walked away with donations worth Rs 276.45 crore, including Rs 217.75 crore from Prudent, Rs 45.95 crore from Jankalyan Electoral Trust, Rs 9 crore from A B General Electoral Trust and Rs 3.75 crore from Samaj Electoral Trust.
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(This story originally appeared in on Jun 09, 2021)BJP dominated donor receipts from electoral trusts, cornering 80% of Rs 271.5 crore raised by Prudent Electoral Trust, having Bharti Airtel group and DLF Limited among its major donors, in 2019-20.