Congressional Witness Calls Red State Election Reforms ‘Voter Suppression’

Texas Gov Greg Abbott shows off Senate Bill 1, also known as the election integrity bill, after he signed it into law in Tyler, Texas, on Sept. 7, 2021. LM Otero/AP Photo

“The 2022 election failed black voters,” said National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attorney Deuel Ross in a May 24 Congressional subcommittee hearing on elections.

Ross testified that since the 2020 election 400 bills were introduced in state legislatures around the country to “restrict the franchise.”