Biden and Harris to focus on voting rights Thursday, expand DNC program By: CNN
By Dan Merica, CNN (CNN) President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will hold separate events Thursday to focus attention on Democratic efforts to combat voter suppression and protect voting rights nationwide, Democratic officials tell CNN.
Harris will announce the expansion of the Democratic National Committee s I Will Vote campaign with an event in the Washington, DC, area, according to a committee official. Biden will meet privately with a range of civil rights groups to talk about their efforts to protect voting rights, according to a White House adviser.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison, who unsuccessfully ran against GOP Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), did not take the news of Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition to S1 well.
Lawmakers in Nevada are angling to jump to the front of the presidential nominating calendar, passing a bill this week that seeks to place the state s contest ahead of both Iowa s caucuses and New Hampshire s primaries.
The state Legislature this week approved and sent to the governor AB126, a bill transforming Nevada s caucuses into primary elections and setting their date early in the year in an effort to supersede Iowa and New Hampshire.
“It’s time for Nevada to take its rightful place, not just first in the West but in the nation, as a diverse state, a state with diverse issues,” said Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, a Democrat who sponsored the legislation.
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Lawmakers in Nevada are angling to jump to the front of the presidential nominating calendar, passing a bill this week that seeks to place the state s contest ahead of both Iowa s caucuses and New Hampshire s primaries.
The state Legislature this week approved and sent to the governor AB126, a bill transforming Nevada s caucuses into primary elections and setting their date early in the year in an effort to supersede Iowa and New Hampshire.
Nevada is poised to challenge Iowa and New Hampshire to become the first state to vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential nominating contests, a move that if successful would shake up a political system that has been in place for decades.