{"id":605512,"date":"2021-07-28T20:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T00:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605512"},"modified":"2021-07-28T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T00:35:27","slug":"doj-gears-up-to-sue-states-that-roll-back-pandemic-emergency-voting-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-gears-up-to-sue-states-that-roll-back-pandemic-emergency-voting-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Gears Up To Sue States That Roll Back Pandemic Emergency Voting Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-gears-up-to-sue-states-that-roll-back-pandemic-emergency-voting-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2013-12-05T000000Z_1047379234_GM1E9C606VT02_RTRMADP_3_USA-e1597326442117-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated on Wednesday that they will sue states that attempt to roll back voting procedures that were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the 2020 election, some States have responded by permanently adopting their COVID-19 modifications; by contrast, other States have barred continued use of those practices or have imposed additional restrictions on voting by mail or early voting,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1417801\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidance document<\/a> released by the department stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department\u2019s enforcement policy does not consider a jurisdiction\u2019s re-adoption of prior voting laws or procedures to be presumptively lawful,\u201d it went on to say. \u201cInstead, the Department will review a jurisdiction\u2019s changes in voting laws or procedures for compliance with all federal laws regarding elections, as the facts and circumstances warrant.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1167315175097\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pre-pandemic \u201cvoting laws\u201d are legislatively adopted state law. What\u2019s with this guy?<\/p>\n<p>DOJ indicates it might sue states returning to pre-pandemic voting regulations <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sv9QQtUrxG\">https:\/\/t.co\/sv9QQtUrxG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoxNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FoxNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1420473986274766849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, and the Justice Department will use all of the authorities at its disposal to zealously guard that right,\u201d Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-issues-guidance-federal-statutes-regarding-voting-methods-and-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThe guidances issued today describe certain federal laws that help ensure free, fair, and secure elections. Where violations of such laws occur, the Justice Department will not hesitate to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Justice is committed to protecting the right to vote for all Americans and ensuring states are complying with federal voting laws,\u201d Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division added. \u201cWhether through litigation or the issuance of official guidance, we are using every tool in our arsenal to ensure that all eligible citizens can exercise their right to vote free from intimidation, and have their ballots counted.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/elections-2020-texas-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democrats Are Sounding The Alarm Over Texas\u2019 Election Bill. Here\u2019s What It Actually Does)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, several swing states <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/25\/pennsylvania-certification-election-results-biden-trump-giuliani-judge-patricia-mccullough-shapiro-wolf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">altered<\/a> their election laws via executive order to expand access to mail-in voting during the 2020 election. Several lawsuits were filed after the election to throw out a large portion of these mail-in ballots but all were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/25\/pennsylvania-certification-election-results-biden-trump-giuliani-judge-patricia-mccullough-shapiro-wolf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rejected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Arizona, which President Biden narrowly won in 2020, is also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/arizona-election-audit-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently<\/a> in the middle of auditing the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated on Wednesday that they will sue states that attempt to roll back voting procedures that were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201cSince the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}