A new Colorado voting law carves out special voting rights protections for jail inmates, as well as for gender identity.
On Monday, the state’s Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed the law, which is framed as a state version of the federal Voting Rights Act. Democrat lawmakers in the state contend the Trump administration and federal courts have weakened enforcement of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act, Colorado Newsline reported.
Polis is the co-chairman of Governors Safeguarding Democracy, a coalition of Democrat governors founded late last year to oppose Trump administration initiatives, including Trump’s actions on election integrity. The other co-chairman of the group is Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, also a Democrat.
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