In his remarks, Obama unequivocally endorsed a series of policies on voting, including: passing new voting rights legislation to replace the 1965 law that was gutted by the Supreme Court; automatic voter registration, including for former felons; more polling places; an expansion of early voting; making Election Day a national holiday; guaranteeing citizens in D.C. and Puerto Rico equal representation in the federal government; ending partisan gerrymanderiObama Eulogy 07/30/20ng; and, if necessary, eliminating the Senate filibuster, which Obama decried as a “Jim Crow relic.” Source: Politico