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“A Massive Power Grab”: White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
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pelespirit sh.itjust.works pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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The White House Office of Management and Budget wants to change spending rules to prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives or what it vaguely calls “related activities.” The office is headed by Russell Vought, who has long criticized the use of taxpayer money for voter registration efforts and who more recently used his position to cancel, freeze or redirect vast amounts of federal funding in defiance of Congress’ orders.

Miller, who has worked at her nonprofit for six years, said she’s never faced regulators wanting to impede her work.

“Shutting that down and making it more difficult for these Americans to access the ballot box is bewildering to me,” she said

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aphonefriend lemmy.dbzer0.com aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-03-20
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Is it? Is it really bewildering Amy? gestures broadly to ...everything

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mrbeano lemmy.zip mrbeano@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-23
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We need that money for more ads praising dear leader, duh!

It's called fiscal responsibility, sweaty

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