The DNC is also launching a new Voter Expansion Project, centering the pushback against ID requirements and other voting laws within the party. Starting long before Election Day, central staff will train campaign workers around the country on restrictions and rules and what to do about them, deploying lawyers and other experts full time in states to fight back, in the field and in courts.
The DNC is trying to go on the offensive as well, mounting campaigns against new voting laws in an attempt to turn its Capitol Hill headquarters into a nexus of information, education and organizing tools for state activists and lawyers — some of whom will be coming on to the official payroll. It will be promoting the new effort heavily, starting with a Thursday morning announcement to supporters built around a launch video from Bill Clinton.
“It’s not enough anymore to be against these new voting restrictions,” he says, in a sign of Clinton attention to the national party. “This project, through legislation, education, registration and good old-fashioned advocacy and organizing, we’ll protect and extend the franchise.”
More at Politico. Anything similar from the RNC to defend and push voter integrity laws?