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Nick Harper

Nick Harper

Nick Harper is a voting rights attorney and civic engagement director for the League of Women Voters of Minnesota.

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To protect the right to vote, kill or change the filibuster

By: - September 23, 2021

Democrats in the U.S. Senate recently introduced a new piece of legislation, the Freedom to Vote Act.  This proposal represents the latest efforts by members of the Senate to pass comprehensive voting rights and pro-democracy legislation. Earlier legislation on these issues failed to advance in the Senate, in part because there was no clear path for […]