Issue One condemns Trump appointees’ moves to gut Justice Department’s voting rights division

In response to the news that the Justice Department has removed all senior civil servants serving as managers in the voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, Issue One Campaign Advocacy Manager for Election Protection Angelina Clapp offered the following statement:

“Our democracy must be accessible for all eligible voters to participate in and make their voices heard, but these recent moves by President Trump’s appointees at the Justice Department take us further away from those goals. This decision to dismiss all active cases threatens to erode public trust in the very department tasked with protecting Americans’ freedom to vote and sends the message that the rule of law is not being upheld. These actions are part of a broader trend of the second Trump administration dismantling and interfering with federal agencies dedicated to protecting our elections and democracy. In the end, all Americans will suffer as a result of decisions like these because taken together, they undermine the fundamental fabric of our democracy — the idea that the government should be by, of, and for the people.”