Jones Warns Voting Rights Act at Risk

0:00Former Senator Doug Jones, now running for Alabama Governor, sounded the alarm on the Voting Rights Act. Speaking Friday at a meeting with a strong coffee group, Democrats, Independents, and Recovery Republicans, he warned they won't survive the Supreme. Court's next term, if it does hang on, expect it gutted with rollbacks already hitting hard. The talk kicked off when group member Will Smith called out disenfranchisement, targeting women, LGBTQ folks, and black people. He pointed to threats from white men in suits, scared of losing power in Washington, and locally, not from drag queens or abortion seekers. Jones agreed America's founders saw a more perfect union as ongoing work. He's disturbed by the backlash eroding progress on disability rights, gay rights, and more, even admitting some Democrats overplayed identity politics. But voting rights? That's the cornerstone, no question. He slammed Alabama's setup, one election day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine,

1:01funneling everyone through. Pushed mail-in in early voting like other states, bashed the save act for worsening it. Time for Alabama's own voting rights bill. No widespread fraud from undocumented folks flipping results. Jones also wants straight-ticket voting gone to make folks think, clothes primary scrapped as rigged. Burned ICE agents might show up polls to secure them. Bottom line, protect a vote now, or watch democracy slip further. That's the story for today. Birmingham News Today, Driven by AI.