Donna Brazile Quotes

My office is committed to tearing down unlawful barriers to voting to ensure that all eligible voters are able to freely cast a ballot.

We must stand vigilant to protect our voting access.

Americans need national voter registration reform to break down the barriers that discourage and discriminate.

How can we tell our children if we do not make reasonable efforts to count every vote.

Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.

Let us not return to the old battlefield where so many shed blood and tears for the right to vote. Instead let us move forward to an era where all eligible Americans have equal access to the ballot box and have the freedom to vote for the candidate of their choosing.

The voting business in the South will regulate itself.

[The President should] get a voting bill [from Congress] that will end the necessity for any more voting rights bills.

There are many fronts in the fight to make voting easier for all.

During my time in the Texas State Legislature, I witnessed firsthand the lack of evidence behind the rampant claims of voter fraud and the obstacles voters would face if the 2011 photo Voter ID were put in place.

A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.

Let America Vote will make the case for voting rights by exposing the real motivations of those who favor voter suppression laws.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

… we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban—read African American voter-turnout machine.

End racial and ethnic gerrymandering, stop voter I.D. laws that seek to suppress voters of color, and make sure everyone can add their voice and their vote to this great democracy.

When I ran for governor, I talked about the disenfranchisement of voters. I talked about the history that we've had. We've had a horrible history here in Virginia going back to 1901 - the poll tax, literacy tests, disenfranchisement of felons. We're one of the worst four states in America on allowing people back in with voting rights.

A government reflects the views of those who select it, and if people are unable to cast their ballot because the voting hours aren't convenient for them or because other hurdles have been raised too high we get a less representative government as a result.

I talk to a lot of those voters who say, 'Just give us another choice.'

Voting shouldn't be a challenge. It should be as easy and accessible as possible. We shouldn't require forms of ID that folks don't have. We shouldn't restrict days or hours that allow working people a chance to both do their job and exercise their democratic right, and we damn well shouldn't be throwing up new obstacles midstream.

As Democrats, we believe in giving every eligible citizen the opportunity to vote - whether it's early because they can't take off work on Election Day or absentee because they might have plans to be out of town.

We need to recognize that, whether you're looking at Georgia or North Carolina or North Dakota or Florida, that the disenfranchisement of voters, the suppression of votes, cuts across every community, and therefore, it cuts across partisanship.

My policies and my record are very clear that I have made it easier to vote. We have made the elections process more accessible to people in Georgia, not less, despite their rhetoric.