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Senate Democrats brace for defeat on signature voting and election bill amid stiff GOP resistance
CNN ^ | Tue June 22, 2021 | Clare Foran and Lauren Fox

Posted on 06/22/2021 8:49:24 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Senate Democrats are on track to suffer a stinging defeat Tuesday with Republican opposition expected to sink a voting and election bill that Democrats have made a signature priority, an outcome that will underscore the limits of the party's power with the narrowest possible Senate majority.

Democrats have set up a key test vote on the bill that they have pitched as a necessary counter to state-level efforts to restrict voting access, but Republicans have united against it, decrying it as a partisan power grab and a federal overreach into state voting and election systems. Democrats have also faced pushback over the legislation from a member of their own caucus: pivotal swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

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1 posted on 06/22/2021 8:49:24 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Voting access should be restricted to citizens only.

Democrats want the fraudulently documented foreigner vote.


2 posted on 06/22/2021 8:52:48 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Voting rights should be limited to male property owners over the age of 21.


3 posted on 06/22/2021 8:57:25 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not breathing a sigh of relief until it is officially defeated.
Not putting my faith in Murky and Mittens at all.


4 posted on 06/22/2021 9:02:16 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: Beagle8U

One Ann Coulter book (that dates my reference, sorry) showed how every presidential election for a long time would have been an easy victory for the Republican if only men had the right to vote.

Not saying it’s right, just that it was said. Probably current young men would be first in line at a Hillary or Elizabeth Warren rally. A long time ago they polled and found that the number one constituency for unlimited abortions were young males. Looking out for number one, I guess.


5 posted on 06/22/2021 9:11:35 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Beagle8U
Voting rights should be limited to male property owners over the age of 21.

Add to that military service. Now you've got an electorate with some skin in the game.

6 posted on 06/22/2021 9:17:13 AM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Stiff GOP resistance? I must be dreaming.


7 posted on 06/22/2021 9:17:33 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: frank ballenger; Beagle8U

In the movie Marshall Rooster Cogburn, Rooster, after being upbraided by Katherine Hepburn for his drinking and slovenly ways, turns to the Indian kids and says:

“God help us if we ever give ‘em the vote”


8 posted on 06/22/2021 9:18:00 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: frank ballenger

Just tossing 18,19,20 year olds would tip the odds to the R team.


9 posted on 06/22/2021 9:18:29 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Notice that while there is a link to an article that uses the name of the bill, CNN doesn’t use the bill’s name or number in this article.


10 posted on 06/22/2021 9:19:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Get up off your arses, and go and vote.
Register before
Show your ID

NO MAIL IN VOTING, in person only.
Only uniformed military gets special privilege, nobody else.
maybe vote where they are, maybe another arrangement.

Everybody else, show up.

Hospitalized? Too bad.
Sick? too bad.
Too effin old to get to the pols? too bad.
on Vacay? too bad.
Too cold? Too hot? Tornado? Hurricane? Too Effin Bad.

One day, 6am - 6pm local time, Pre-registered, in person, with ID. Count all ballots right there until complete.
Decision by 7pm.

Anything else opens it all up for fraud.


11 posted on 06/22/2021 9:19:15 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuitss)
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To: mewzilla

That is XiNN.


12 posted on 06/22/2021 9:19:21 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Beagle8U

Voting rights should be limited to male property owners over the age of 21.


I strongly disagree with that. The brain has not fully developed until age 25. i.e. it should be the age of 25, not 21.


13 posted on 06/22/2021 9:21:23 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: HandBasketHell

Not putting my faith in Murky and Mittens at all.


I assume they will vote with the democrats.


14 posted on 06/22/2021 9:21:58 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Macoozie

Voter ID is a red herring.

Which is why Deep State is so happy to keep the focus on it and other ancillary issues.

Even if all voters are legal voters, with those crooked election machines, which will go nationwide if HR1 passes, elections can and will be stolen.


15 posted on 06/22/2021 9:22:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: cuban leaf

OK


16 posted on 06/22/2021 9:22:39 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Voters have destroyed the nation. What constitutes a voter has been our trajectory and destiny.


17 posted on 06/22/2021 9:23:24 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, that gives the states a chance to tighten security around their voting processes - those that actually want to do so, that is.


18 posted on 06/22/2021 9:25:59 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: Beagle8U

And I’m fine with the property owner and gender qualifications, btw. But I’m old school.


19 posted on 06/22/2021 9:26:25 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Beagle8U
Just tossing 18,19,20 year olds would tip the odds to the R team.

When people used to go out to vote legally "turnout" was important. My plan was to have someone finance some top popular acts on a livestream election day and night and offer free pizzas delivered at home for people signing up. Thus, they'll forget the whole thing until the next day.

For decades the polls showed enormous vote from young people for the Dems, but they didn't actually vote. "Dukakis (or Mondale) could have used higher than the actual 21% turnout for young Dems."

Today they'd watch on their phones in the voting line anyway.

20 posted on 06/22/2021 9:29:47 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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