Tag: voting rights

Delaware Senate Leadership reaffirms support for early and absentee voting, condemns GOP for obstructing voting rights

In response to the Delaware Superior Court’s decision declaring the State’s early voting and permanent absentee statutes unconstitutional, Senate President Pro Tempore Dave Sokola, Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, and Senate Majority Whip Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman issued a joint statement […]

Constitutional amendment introduced to restore voting rights to disenfranchised Delawareans

Sen. Kyle Evans Gay and Rep. Kerri Evelyn Harris introduced an amendment to the state Constitution on Thursday that would restore voting rights to all Delawareans who have completed a prison sentence on felony charges. The amendment also would remove outdated limitations on voting contained in the state’s founding document that have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. […]

From the Senate Democrats Leadership Team: Our priorities for the 152nd General Assembly

By Senate President Pro Tempore David Sokola, Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, and Senate Majority Whip S. Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman Our state is stronger today than it was just a few years ago, thanks in large part to the leadership […]