DeLauro Hearing: Protecting Voting Rights

0:00U.S. Representative Rosa Deloro from Connecticut's Third District is firing back a Republican pushes for tougher voter ID rules and limits on. Male embellutes. She's hosting a field hearing Monday in New Haven with experts on democracy and elections to spotlight real threats to voting and what Congress can do to safeguard fair elections. Alongside Rev. Joe Morel from New York, they're calling out moves like President Trump's executive order for a nationwide verified voter list and curbs on mail-in voting. That order, signed last month, already faces lawsuits from Democrats who say it overstepped state's rights on running elections. Deloro stresses that people died for the right to vote and his Congress's job to protect it as the bedrock of democracy. Morale adds, Trump sees elections through a partisan lens aiming to disrupt Democrats rather than improve the system for all Americans. Just like Yale's Bruce Ackerman, point to issues like excluding independence from primaries

1:01and resolving vote counts quickly. Panelists also push ideas like universal voting, a civic duty in 26 democracy's worldwide, while Connecticut eyes a task force for near one, 100% turnout. This shadow hearing wraps with policy ideas for House Democrats to boost election security and inclusion. Secretary of the state Stephanie Thomas joins in, keeping the focus on easy access for every citizen at the ballot box. Hartford News today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.