WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
With midterm elections now 89 days away, and early voting in some states beginning in just 44 days, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a member of Senate Democrats' task force on election interference, today joined 27 of her Senate colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration adhere to the National Voter Registration Act's (NVRA) "quiet period" that prohibits systematic voter purges within 90 days of an election, pushing back against the Administration's ongoing voter suppression efforts.
In a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, the senators reminded the Trump Administration to adhere to the la...