Citing escalating voting restriction laws in Republican-controlled states around the country, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced several actions that the Department of Justice plans to protect the freedom to vote. Garland said the Department would double its Civil Rights Division’s voting rights enforcement staff, use federal voting statutes to protect the vote, and scrutinize the new anti-voting laws in … Continue reading "Attorney General Merrick Garland Announces Several Actions to Protect Voting Rights"