共和党人带头在全国范围内限制投票权，他们称之为保持投票权的努力选举民主党人一直试图找出如何有效地激励少数投票集团在2022年中期选举之前，该党需要保持在众议院的多数席位。
民主党国会竞选委员会(DCCC)告诉美国广播公司新闻，它计划对其民主暑期项目进行7位数的投资，以加强众议院民主党人在美国各地有色人种社区的外联。
DCCC吹捧这一举措是其历史上最早的这种规模的投资。外联投资将在关键的国会选区安置50名组织主任和选区组织主任，以保持和扩大民主党在众议院的多数席位。
选区组织主任将主持选民登记活动，举行一对一的会议，并计划社区活动，以争取黑人、拉丁美洲人、土著美国人、亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民(AAPI)选民对众议院民主党的支持。
“为了组织黑人、西班牙裔、美洲土著、AAPI社区，我们不想太过规范。每个社区的组织看起来都不同，绝对没有“一刀切”的模式。因此，我们将为人们提供他们需要的工具，以成功地围绕问题组织起来，并真正说服和动员他们的志愿者。我们还希望确保我们对当地社区的需求做出回应，”一名DCCC助手告诉美国广播公司新闻。
布伦南司法中心(Brennan Center for Justice)收集的一份州投票立法跟踪报告显示，在至少47个州提出了360多项共和党领导的法案。佛罗里达州和乔治亚州等共和党控制的州已经签署了协议将全面投票限制纳入法律。
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选民在佐治亚州塔克市劳伦斯维尔路联合卫理公会教堂签到投票。在此期间
NYU法学院布伦南正义中心选举权和选举项目的法律顾问伊莱扎·斯温-贝克尔(Eliza Sweren-Becker)说，从历史上看，使投票变得更加困难的法律给有色人种选民和边缘选民带来了不成比例的负担。
“这些法律限制投票，不管这个人属于哪个党派。因此，他们将使所有美国人更难投票，无论你在政治光谱中处于什么位置，”斯温-贝克尔说。
“在未来两年内，必须对美国选民进行大量教育，以确保他们所在的州的投票规则发生了变化，以确保每个人都知道新规则是什么，并知道如何以他们想要的投票方式进行投票，”斯温-贝克尔继续说道。
从历史上看，占据白宫的政党在中期选举中表现不佳。共和党人在2020年成功获得11个席位后，众议院民主党人以微弱优势占据多数，这可能会在明年的国会竞选中出现。
拉里·萨巴托(Larry Sabato)的水晶球(Crystal Ball)项目的一项分析显示，预计共和党人将在2022年推翻9个席位，即使不考虑重新划分选区，这将使众议院由他们控制。
“我们知道共和党人会竭尽全力阻止人们投票，尤其是有色人种。众议院民主党人比以往任何时候都更早地在我们的社区组织起来，这样我们就可以以情感和文化上胜任的方式赋予选民权力并让他们参与进来，”DCCC国家组织主任帕维特拉·亚伯拉罕在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻。
亚伯拉罕补充说:“这些有组织的投资将确保民主党尽早听取选民的意见，在关键选区建立信任，并与当地领导人合作，争取明年11月的权力胜利。”
DCCC makes major investment in minority communities ahead of 2022 midterms
As Republicans lead efforts to restrict voting rights across the country, in what they describe as efforts to keepelections secure, Democrats have been trying to figure out how to effectivelygalvanize minority voting blocsahead of the 2022 midterms, key bases needed for the party to maintain the majority of the House of Representatives.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) tells ABC News it plans to make a seven-figure investment in its Democracy Summer Program to bolster outreach for House Democrats in communities of color across the United States.
The DCCC touts this push as the earliest investment of this scale in its history. The outreach investment will put 50 organizing directors and constituency organizing directors in key congressional districts to keep and expand the Democratic majority in the House.
Constituency organizing directors will host voter registration drives, hold one-on-one meetings and plan community events to drum up support for House Democrats among Black, Latino, Native American and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters.
"In order to organize the Black and Hispanic, Native American, AAPI communities we don't want to be too prescriptive. Organizing in each of these communities looks different and there absolutely is not a 'one size fits all.' So we are going to be giving folks the tools they need to be successful to organize around issues and to really persuade and mobilize their volunteers. We also want to make sure that we are being responsive to the needs of those communities on the ground," a DCCC aide tells ABC News.
This initiative comes as over 360 GOP-led bills have been introduced across in at least 47 states, according to a state voting legislation tracker collected by the Brennan Center for Justice. Republican-controlled states like Florida and Georgia have already signedcomprehensive voting restrictions into law.
Eliza Sweren-Becker, counsel with the Voting Rights and Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, which is non-partisan, said historically, laws that make it harder to vote disproportionately burden voters of color and voters on the margins.
"These laws restrict voting, no matter what party the person belongs to. And so they're going to make it harder for all Americans to vote, regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum," Sweren-Becker said.
"There's going to have to be a lot of education of American voters over the next two years to the extent that voting rules have changed in their states to make sure that everybody knows what the new rules are, and knows how to vote in the method that they want to vote," Sweren-Becker continued.
Historically, midterm elections have not fared well for the political party occupying the White House. After Republicans successfully gained 11 seats in 2020, House Democrats hold a slim majority, which could be tipped in next year's congressional races.
An analysis from Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball projects that Republicans are expected to flip nine seats in 2022, even without taking redistricting into account, which would flip the House to their control.
"We know Republicans are going to do everything in their power to prevent people, particularly people of color, from voting. House Democrats are organizing in our communities earlier than ever so we can empower and engage voters in affective and culturally competent ways," DCCC National Organizing Director Pavitra Abraham told ABC News in a statement.
"These organizing investments will ensure Democrats are hearing from voters early, building trust in key constituencies, and partnering with leaders on the ground to power victories next November," Abraham added.
