Today's policy paper from Elizabeth Warren: election security and voting rights.The Democratic 2020 candidate who’s distinguished herself with near-daily plan releases dropped another one on Tuesday, detailing what she’d do to improve election security and expand voting rights. Under the Massachusetts senator’s plan, every state will get “state-of-the-art” voting equipment (every voting machine in the country will be replaced), and the entire nation will adopt uniform ballots.Warren’s plan will also introduce sweeping changes to voting laws to make voting more convenient and accessible to everyone. Warren’s plan will:“Both parties should compete on a level playing field, not in a rigged game designed to suppress the will of the people,” Warren said.The plan is part of a major push from 2020 Democrats to expand voting rights. Beto O’Rourke, for another example, introduced his own big voting rights proposal to increase voter registration by 50 million voters to raise turnout to 65% of eligible voters in 2024. Back in 2016, when Donald Trump was elected, that number was below 61%.Warren has been gaining steam in recent 2020 polls after she initially got off to a rocky start with her campaign. Voters have responded well to her “I have a plan” strategy of introducing detailed policy proposals at a fast pace. She’s now consistently polling in third place — or even second — behind former veep Joe Biden.She'll be one of 10 candidates on the stage in Miami Wednesday night for the first of the 2020 Democratic presidential debates.Cover: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the Poor People's Moral Action Congress presidential forum in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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- Ban gerrymandering
- Make Election Day a national holiday
- Enact automatic voter registration
- Allow same-day voter registration
- Ban voter roll purges
- Allow a minimum of 15 days of early voting
- Expand voting hours
- Allow voting with a sworn statement instead of ID
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