Tag: Voting Rights

Local Government Authority Diminished by the 153rd General Assembly

House Republicans Largely Opposed Laws that Intruded on the Jurisdictions of Municipal and County Governments A review of the 153rd General Assembly, which ends in a little over two weeks, reveals at least five instances in which state lawmakers stripped […]

Voting Reforms, Protections Highly Selective

By J. FulghamDirector of Policy & CommunicationsDelaware House of RepresentativesRepublican Caucus Governor Matt Meyer on Thursday signed the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act (HB 444), ostensibly to establish a system of state-level voting rights protections. Introduced during the final […]

Eight Proposed Constitutional Amendments Await the Next General Assembly

The 153rd General Assembly passed eight proposed constitutional amendments, which will now await consideration by the next incarnation of the state legislature. Delaware is unique in the way it alters its state constitution. It is the only state in the […]