1/ The U.S. Senate is now considering voting rights legislation to establish minimum nationwide standards.
Some Democrats have backed a wide-ranging bill addressing voting rights and campaign finance called the “For the People” Act.
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Some Democrats have backed a wide-ranging bill addressing voting rights and campaign finance called the “For the People” Act.
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2/ The roughly 800-page bill combines proposals for voter registration, absentee voting, in-person voting, campaign finance and ethics related to federal elections.
Republicans have vowed to defeat the expansive bill, and its passage is considered unlikely.
Republicans have vowed to defeat the expansive bill, and its passage is considered unlikely.
3/ But Democrats are already mulling several alternative strategies to protect voting rights nationwide.
Such as an amended version of the “For the People” Act.
Such as an amended version of the “For the People” Act.
4/ Following the 2020 presidential election, state lawmakers proposed hundreds of bills to overhaul election laws, even though officials have said that each of these states ran secure and orderly elections in 2020 with no significant evidence of fraud.
5/ Multiple Republican-dominated state legislatures passed election laws that added restrictions to voting by mail or in person voting, despite findings that elections were secure and free of fraud.
Many of these laws are now the subject of litigation.
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Many of these laws are now the subject of litigation.
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