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Search results for "Political parties that make it harder to vote cannot win on their ideas alone"

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Amanda Chase stated on March 31, 2021 in a radio interview.:
On running for governor as an independent.
By Warren Fiske• April 12, 2021
Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts:
The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”
By Amy Sherman• May 28, 2025
Common Cause stated on January 08, 2025 in News release:
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
By Madeline Heim• January 28, 2025
Sandy Pasch stated on December 29, 2012 in a radio address:
Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election  
By Dave Umhoefer• December 5, 2012
Beto O'Rourke stated on October 16, 2018 in a debate televised from San Antonio:
Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  
By W. Gardner Selby• October 18, 2018
John Boccieri stated on August 18, 2010 in an interview:
"I don’t understand what Republicans are doing against this. It was their idea. John McCain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."
By Sabrina Eaton• September 13, 2010
Bill Foster stated on August 06, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
Says that while Foster was mayor, Rick Kriseman was "ineffective" in the Florida House of Representatives because "there was no legislation that passed the House that had (Kriseman’s) name on it."
By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 13, 2013
Sebastian Gorka stated on August 08, 2017 in an interview with MSNBC:
"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."
By Louis Jacobson• August 10, 2017
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on Fox Business News:
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."  
By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2016
Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2020 in a Tweet:
“New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• August 15, 2020
Reince Priebus stated on November 14, 2016 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."    
By Tom Kertscher• November 21, 2016
Dallas Woodhouse stated on September 13, 2017 in in a newspaper:
"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."
By Paul Specht• September 27, 2017
Adrian Fontes stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate:
Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”
By Renee Romo• September 30, 2022
Hillary Clinton stated on April 14, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New York:
"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."
By Lauren Carroll• April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America':
"When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama."
By Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2016
Will Weatherford stated on July 05, 2011 in an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board:
"Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined."
By Becky Bowers• July 7, 2011
Instagram posts stated on November 02, 2022 in on social media:
The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022
Republican Party of Florida stated on September 01, 2009 in a press release:
Schoolchildren across the nation "will be forced to watch the president justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other president."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 2, 2009
Chris Abele stated on January 31, 2011 in a campaign news release:
Property tax exemptions can be granted to small businesses that move into Milwaukee County.
By Dave Umhoefer• February 9, 2011
Hillary Clinton stated on April 06, 2016 in a CNN interview:
Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."
By Lauren Carroll• April 8, 2016

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The history of the filibuster as 'Jim Crow relic'

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