Below are key elements of the Freedom to Vote Act. Why shouldn't we do all these things? Even has voter ID!
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Because Republicans want to pass voter suppression laws to try to maintain power.
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I'm not sure of the source of this list, but the devil is in the details. If it was a good bill, it would have bipartisan support.XtremeJibber2001 wrote: ↑Jan 13th, '22, 11:35 Below are key elements of the Freedom to Vote Act. Why shouldn't we do all these things? Even has voter ID!
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You mean like the impeachment of Trump by the House, which had bipartisan support (222 Democrats, 12 Republicans)?throbster wrote: ↑Jan 13th, '22, 13:55I'm not sure of the source of this list, but the devil is in the details. If it was a good bill, it would have bipartisan support.XtremeJibber2001 wrote: ↑Jan 13th, '22, 11:35 Below are key elements of the Freedom to Vote Act. Why shouldn't we do all these things? Even has voter ID!
While I agree the devil is in the details, do you see something you're vehemently against on the list?
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I agree that these all sound like wonderful goals, but the debate should be about how they are achieved. I do not think a good bill would necessarily have bipartisan support because the partisanship today means anything the party in power suggests, no matter how good, will be fought by the party out of power just because the other side proposed it.
In this case, I don't think either party really wants to support an end to gerrymandering or any real restrictions on campaign finance. Democrats in particular probably won't like voter ID and Republicans won't like all the early voting and making election day a holiday because that hurts them at the polls. So I see this bill going nowhere unless it gets really watered down. It's a sad state but that's where we are today.
In this case, I don't think either party really wants to support an end to gerrymandering or any real restrictions on campaign finance. Democrats in particular probably won't like voter ID and Republicans won't like all the early voting and making election day a holiday because that hurts them at the polls. So I see this bill going nowhere unless it gets really watered down. It's a sad state but that's where we are today.
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Stick a fork in it. Another colossal Dem party failure.
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XtremeJibber2001 wrote: ↑Jan 13th, '22, 11:35 Below are key elements of the Freedom to Vote Act. Why shouldn't we do all these things? Even has voter ID!
- Making Election Day a Holiday
- Ends Gerrymandering
- Combats anti-voting laws working their way through the state legislatures
- Requires states to allow 15 days of early voting
- Massively expands voting access through automatic voter registration and election day registration
- Increases election security through by creating a national standard for voter verified paper ballots
- Shines a light on dark money
- Makes it harder for billionaires and special interest to buy elections