New from me: Congress likely won't take action on the growing threats to election integrity, leaving election workers vulnerable to criminal prosecution and results open to partisan tampering (building on work/thoughts from @Nate_Cohn @rickhasen et al) businessinsider.com/congress-likel…
An updated report from @statesunited/@protctdemocracy/@lawfwd found that this year, 14 states have enacted laws with 24 provisions that add new criminal penalties election officials could face & politicize the election admin/vote-counting process
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@statesunited @protctdemocracy @lawfwd Politicians have largely framed recent GOP activity in the language of voter suppression without the election subversion piece, letting potentially more dangerous provisions of these laws that target election officials in many states go under the radar businessinsider.com/congress-likel…
As many smarter than I have pointed out, the For the People Act, Dems' flagship voting/democracy bill which is coming up for a vote this month but likely destined for a filibuster, doesn't directly these emerging concerns about increased partisan meddling
https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1404522348653522950
"We have to remember that HR. 1 was almost entirely written in 2018 and 2019 pre-COVID, pre-2020 election," said @beckerdavidj. "It addresses perceived problems with the system that existed back then, and we've all been through a lot since then." businessinsider.com/congress-likel…
@beckerdavidj .@beckerdavidj argued that "It would be a much better situation, at least with regard to federal elections, to render the act of counting the ballots and certifying the ballots as a more ministerial act" to help shield officials from partisan pressure businessinsider.com/congress-likel…
@beckerdavidj Another area of reform that Congress could underatke (and that both parties would arguably benefit from) is a 21st-century update to the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to clarify/modernize the language and the thresholds for bringing objections businessinsider.com/congress-likel…
@beckerdavidj Another idea on this topic from @Nedfoley: Congress could impose minimum chain-of-custody standards and requirements for ballots cast in federal elections to prevent ballots being turned over to third parties for "audits," as is happening in Arizona washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
@beckerdavidj @Nedfoley "It’s essential that Congress prevent the methods being used in Arizona involving one party taking possession of ballots...becoming the means by which state officials try to repudiate results they don’t like in 2022 and 2024." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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