WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
With midterm elections now 89 days away, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee with oversight over federal elections, today led 27 of his Senate colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration adhere to the National Voter Registration Act's (NVRA) "quiet period" that prohibits large-scale voter purges within 90 days of an election, pushing back against the Trump 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 law and refrain from ...