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Stacey Abrams: “The Department of Justice has made this last minute change…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 40:34

So step seven is you go after the vulnerable and you scapegoat the vulnerable. But step 10 is that you basically end the ability of democracy to, to push change. And news recently broke that The Department of Justice has made this last minute change, delaying a key deadline that would have required large municipalities to make their voting websites, their mobile apps and their other online election resources accessible to people with disabilities under specific technical standards. And we know that this comes and sits right beside the restrictions that they're trying to impose on vote by mail. (40:34–40:51)

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Asserts that the Department of Justice delayed a deadline for municipalities to make voting resources accessible to people with disabilities.

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