The Election Commission has directed states to ensure voters face no work barriers on polling day, extending paid leave benefits even to those employed outside their constituencies.
“This concerns nearly five lakh undertrial prisoners,” Bhushan told the Bench.
“No other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards,” Biden said of the 2020 race.
Biden administration aides have suggested that his address will not contain much in the way of new proposals
The West Wing has been shifting focus to other measures to protect the vote, including legal remedies
Biden praised Senate Democrats for standing together “against the ongoing assault of voter suppression that represents a Jim Crow era in the 21st Century”
The White House believes that Biden’s proposals are broadly popular in the country, if not on Capitol Hill, and is wagering that lawmakers can be brought along with a combination of cajoling and the presidential bully pulpit.
