10 things you need to know today: March 8, 2021

Biden signs an executive order seeking expanded voting access, top N.Y. Democrats call for Cuomo to resign, and more

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1. Biden signs executive order that promotes increased voting access

President Biden signed an executive order seeking to expand voting rights on Sunday, the 56th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" attack by Alabama state troopers on peaceful civil rights protesters marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. "Every eligible voter should be able to vote and have that vote counted," Biden said at the Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast. "If you have the best ideas, you have nothing to hide. Let the people vote." Biden directed all federal agencies to promote voter registration and reduce barriers for certain voting groups, including military and overseas voters, Native Americans, incarcerated citizens, and people with disabilities. Biden said the agencies should use their websites and social media platforms to share registration information. He also is seeking to modernize the federal government's official voter registration site, Vote.gov.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.