Daily Docket — Thursday, April 20

Tennessee’s Expulsions Expose the ISL Theory’s Dark Side [link removed]

Here’s the news story of the day you don’t want to miss.

The Washington Post reported that last weekend, Cleta Mitchell, a top Republican legal strategist, told a room of GOP donors that they must limit voting on college campuses, restrict same-day voter registration and stop automatic mail-in voting. The recent recording says what we’ve known for a long time: Republicans don’t like it when young people vote. Read our thread about the GOP’s attack on youth voting here.
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Here are some updates from today and yesterday.

Today, New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) voted 9-1 to pass a new state Assembly map. The IRC had until April 28 to reconvene and pass a new Assembly map after the previous one was struck down for being enacted through an unconstitutional process. The new map will now go to the Legislature for approval. [link removed]

Yesterday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed a bill that would have shortened the deadline to return absentee ballots by three days. While the Kansas Legislature has a GOP supermajority, they've struggled to overcome vetoes in the past. [link removed]

Also yesterday, a Florida House committee approved a resolution to raise the threshold to pass a citizen-led constitutional amendment from 60% to an unprecedented 66.67% of the vote. In 2018, over 64% of Floridians voted in favor of restoring voting rights for most people with past felony convictions upon release from incarceration. [link removed]

Here’s what to expect coming up.

The latest episode of our Defending Democracy podcast, “Red States Are Targeting Blue Cities,” drops tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. EDT — get ready! Listen on Apple, Spotify or any other platform.
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