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WARNING: H.R. 1 Reintroduced Piecemeal Through Similar Legislation in the States
UnCover DC ^ | 06/09/2021 | John B. Nevin

Posted on 06/09/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind


While the 117th Congress House Resolution 1 ‘For the People’ is awaiting a vote in the Senate, the Voter Integrity Project of Look Ahead America (LAA) has released a comprehensive state-by-state report of “attempts to pass dangerous elements of HR1 through state legislatures.”

UncoverDC wrote about H.R.1 in March, and now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will bring the bill up for voting later this month, but West Virginia Senator, Joe Manchin, has expressed vocal opposition, making passage questionable. The bill has wide implications and would affect all three branches of the federal government, including election law.

It was called “clean elections reform” by Democrat sponsor John Sarbanes and summarized as a bill that would “expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy.”

Republican Senator Ted Cruz wrote:

“They wrote it to expand voter fraud and try to ensure that they’ll never lose again. The bill mandates registering nearly everyone in the country to vote, regardless of their eligibility, prevents states from maintaining the integrity of their voting rolls or removing dead people, and requires that felons be allowed to vote.”

He went on to summarize other aims of the wide-ranging bill by saying:

“The bill requires states to allow universal, no-excuse mail-in voting… states can’t require IDs to vote, and the bill makes it nearly impossible to challenge signature matches without the agreement of a Democrat. Moreover, it allows Democratic operatives to collect and submit unlimited ballots—opening the door to widespread fraud—and requires counting these ballots even if they arrive 10 days after Election Day.”

Matt Braynard, Executive Director of LAA, wrote in an email to subscribers,

“You may have thought HR1 was dead, but let us assure you, it is not. Progressives have broken the federal legislation up into components that they are trying to sneak through state legislatures. Our research group has documented this conspiracy.”

Calling the report and the effort to reintroduce parts of H.R. 1 through the state legislatures “The Hidden Agenda,” the May 28 report analyzed 1,144 pieces of legislation to find what “seemed like H.R. 1 introduced in almost every state,” with Texas and New York having the most. The report then lists every bit by state and bill number, with links to the state government website where they can be found.

The report does not specify what portions of the H.R. 1 legislation are included in each bill specifically but does provide a readable description of a few words for each such as, “Automatic Registration,” “Felons Voting,” “Weakened Voter ID,” and “Drop Boxes.” On the report’s summary page at the LAA website, notable examples are given.

HB2864 in West Virginia would allow felons to vote, while 16-year-olds in Texas could vote if SB1899 is passed. H788 in Massachusetts mandates voting by all citizens, with a $15 fine for failure to comply (LAA’s page lists 765, which is actually a separate bill related to H.R. 1 – type initiatives.) Connecticut, which is not mentioned on LAA’s summary page, also has similar legislation that imposes a fine for not voting.

LAA’s analysis concludes with a statement that says:

“We believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant,” and requests that supporters contact state representatives and senators about the bills.

LAA was formed in response to the 2020 elections and has focused on election integrity. UncoverDC has previously reported on LAA and we will continue to cover their ongoing efforts.



TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: elections; hr1; legislature; states

1 posted on 06/09/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: luvie; Jane Long; txhurl

Ping.


2 posted on 06/09/2021 8:32:06 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SeekAndFind

Best to write your state representatives and senators and let them know. A slew of these states have Republican legislatures.


3 posted on 06/09/2021 8:34:20 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, all this is SUPPOSED to be in the states, anyway.

The way I read the Constitution, the states can darn well do voting however they want. Once the states pick their electors, that is *it*, end of subject; if someone here in California doesn’t like how Texas picks its electors, tough, and vice versa. If some place wants to *mandate* that everyone vote, fine, if some state wants to require that only non-felon property owners can vote, that should be fine, too. Entirely up to each individual state legislature.


4 posted on 06/09/2021 8:42:44 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (NUKE MECCA. ABOLISH THE DEA, IRS, AND ATF)
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To: SeekAndFind

As much as I despise HR 1, at least it’s being voted on in the proper venues, the state legislatures. Hopefully, the HR 1 pieces/parts will go down to a crushing defeat.


5 posted on 06/09/2021 8:43:46 AM PDT by wrcase
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To: RedStateRocker

RE: Well, all this is SUPPOSED to be in the states, anyway.

So, if this becomes the law in the battleground states of Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada ... we will never see a President like Trump ( or even a future president like Ron Desantis) EVER again.


6 posted on 06/09/2021 8:45:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s up to the states, period. Anyone who doesn’t like that should move to one of those states and get involved.

Quite frankly, any part that can’t win with 100 percent voting will be history eventually. The foundational idea of our Republic, that voting is a privilege not a right, is long, long gone and in a decade or two it will be online and readily available to every resident.

Just my take on it - if someone in California or Florida doesn’t like how Georgia or Arizona selects its electors, move there or STFU. YMMV


7 posted on 06/09/2021 8:49:59 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (NUKE MECCA. ABOLISH THE DEA, IRS, AND ATF)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems like overly-simplified scare-mongering to me:

Texas leads the way based upon things that were written into bills submitted in the legislative session?

It is no secret that TX has many blue enclaves. It is no secret than many attempted to commit fraud in the 2020 election.

The legislative session is over, and the best the Democrats could do was walk out to prevent the Republican’s Election Integrity Bill from being passed due to lack of quorum. This latter will pass in a special session.

The liberals’ dream items?

Not much chance.


8 posted on 06/09/2021 8:59:54 AM PDT by beancounter13 (A Republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So the state’s are going to hand over their soul and future to the Fed govt?

A Faustian deal at best.


9 posted on 06/09/2021 9:08:51 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: Army Air Corps; Arrowhead1952; NYTexan; mylife; Eaker; TheMom; laurenmarlowe; El Gato; RebelTex; ...
Better not try that crap in TEXAS.....😡


10 posted on 06/09/2021 10:02:42 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American)
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To: luvie

Yes, and they said it was on the top of the list by the number of components they entered legislation for from US HB1.

Not a chance in hell of passing. Except by hiding under stupid name.


11 posted on 06/09/2021 10:08:16 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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12 posted on 06/09/2021 12:09:21 PM PDT by bitt ( A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Many of these bills are by Democrats in Republican dominated states and will go no where. If Democrat dominated states, they have nothing to gain since they are already blue.


13 posted on 06/09/2021 12:24:49 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank you so much for posting.


14 posted on 06/09/2021 12:33:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: luvie

Thanks!


15 posted on 06/09/2021 12:35:42 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: beancounter13

It is also no secret that Texas has a voting majority in the house and senate and a republican lieutenant governor, and republican governor.

But, for goodness sakes alive, there is so much posturing and backstabbing that it is hard to list all of the assistant democrats running around.

Texas does not have conservative team players.
Just my opinion.


16 posted on 06/09/2021 1:38:09 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: luvie

Yep. Still plenty of loons in the #txledge. My rep is one of ‘em.


17 posted on 06/09/2021 7:26:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: smokingfrog

Sorry to hear that. Mine is Brooks Landgraf and he’s great.


18 posted on 06/09/2021 7:44:03 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bet the Ranked Choice Voting provisions are around, too...


19 posted on 06/09/2021 7:45:16 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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