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The notification is expected in January and polls in the five states are likely by February. In UP all eyes would be on the BJP led by Yogi Adityanath and whether the party which put up a stellar performance in will be able to return to power or not. The Punjab elections would be an interesting one with the drama that is taking place in the Congress following the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh.

The APP is also a key contender in the state. Goa would be witnessing an election without Manohar Parrikar and one needs to see if the BJP will be able to retain power without him.

In the Manipur election, the BJP emerged stronger with 21 seats after failing to open its account in the previous polls. The Congress which bagged 28 seats as opposed to 47 in had to sit out as the BJP formed the government along with its allies.

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Will Jill Biden keep teaching when she becomes first lady? Martin Luther King Jr. There is nothing normal about a law that makes it illegal to pass out water or food to salespeople standing in long voting lines," Harris added.

The vice president went on to speak about the voting law passed in Georgia, saying that she has heard the "outrage. I have heard your outrage about the anti-voter law here, and how many voters will likely be kept from voting. And Georgia is not alone. Across our nation anti-voter laws could make it more difficult for as many as 55 million Americans to vote," she said. In the last year, 19 states passed 34 laws that restrict voting in some way, according to an analysis by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice.

And more changes are expected as state legislatures convene early this year. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke first during todays remarks on voting rights. She began by noting that she and President Biden spoke last week on the anniversary of the Jan. And when they arrived at the state capitol in Alabama, Dr. King decried what he called normalcy — the normalcy, the complacency that was denying people the freedom to vote.

She continued: "The only normalcy anyone should accept, Dr. King said, is the normalcy of justice.