Posted on 02/23/2021 12:04:53 PM PST by lowbridge
All House Democrats signed onto a sweeping election reform bill Monday that they claim will expand voting rights and "clean up corruption" in politics -- as Republicans rip it as a "federal government takeover" and accuse Democrats of trying to change election rules to benefit themselves.
Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., announced Monday that all House Democrats co-sponsored the legislation — H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021.
"House Democrats are united in our steadfast commitment to advance transformational anti-corruption and clean election reforms by swiftly passing H.R. 1," Sarbanes said in a statement Monday.
"Our historic reform effort will end decades of dysfunction in Washington, return power to the people and build a more just, equitable and prosperous country for all Americans," he said.
The bill is expected to be considered on the House floor during the first week of March. Republicans have railed against the bill during previous attempts to bring the legislation to a vote, arguing it would give the federal government more power in deciding the people’s representation.
According to Democrats, the bill would "improve access to the ballot box," by creating an automatic voter registration across the country, and by ensuring that individuals who have completed felony sentences have their full voting rights restored. The bill will also expand early voting and enhance absentee voting by simplifying voting by mail.
The bill also commits Congress to deliver "full congressional voting rights and self-government for the residents of the District of Columbia, which only statehood can provide," prohibits voter roll purges and "ends partisan gerrymandering to prevent politicians from picking their voters."
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but there’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats! I don’t know what anybody here is upset about.
What do you mean? That pesky constitution thing? It doesnt matter.
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right?? who is going to stop them, SCOTUS? hahhahahhahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Now the republican controlled states can completely disregard any federal law. Let the dems sue them “no standing”
I really hate these buffoons what have such contempt for people like us that they sign off on canceling our votes in one election only to bitch that they might lose their own election if our votes keep getting cancelled in the next one.
Reply from Br'er GOP, "Don't throw us in that briar patch."
The professional GOP politicians don't really want your vote or support. They prefer to be and are designed to be controlled minority opposition in our fake self-government.
I don’t see this passing the Senate. It will take 60 votes to get past a filibuster, and the dems don’t have 51 votes to do that. Were it to pass, It would face an immediate challenge in the courts, at least to the extent it tries to take the states out of the Presidential election game.
If DC statehood were a good idea, it would have passed years ago - when the dems had 60 votes in the Senate. It’s a stupid idea, which would give the First Family, and the other few living in the Federal conclave, 3 electoral votes.
It would not undermine election integrity. the “undermining” is already done. It would codify a top down institutionalization of the fraudulence that will guarantee a One Party Communist/Democrat State.
GOP argues! ......................and then sits down , like they have down many times in the past. How many
times are we going to trust these bastards, Im done with them
Mass mail in voting nationwide., D.C. statehood. HR 1 is NOT for me...
<>Really? Do tell. Maybe you shouldn’t have joined in with them to steal the election from President Trump.<>
Yeah, it’s why I changed my almost 50 year GOP registration to unaffiliated.
It is also why I don’t see the point in voting in federal elections. The Party is in charge and they’ll never let go. We had a good run, but the republic is over.
Read the entire bill— the title is a LIE.
This is not the election law in ANY other country in the world, and certainly not in the EU.
Gee, where are those “moderate” DEMONCRATS People always talk about?
Wiped out by a gigantic Meteorite I assume.
Well s**t. If I was them, I’d go for all the marbles, too.
But when the roles are reversed, Republicans do a lot of pissing and screaming but in the end will either vote for it or introduce some slightly-less liberal version of the bill, and then beat their chests about how they stopped the Democrats.
Just pass whatever Biden or his controllers want to pass, I really don't care anymore.
What’s to undermine?
And our doesn’t matter anyway because even if every single R votes against, it will still pass (so probably every single R will vote against)
Republican Party did this to themselves they REFUSED to correct.a fraudulent election!! WE ALL KNEW this was coming America IS DONE!!
Faugh! Scum!
The Dumb-Dumb-O-Crats know which side of their bread has the butter.
Combined General and Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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