House Democrats are engaged in a new push to pass comprehensive legislation this month they say is aimed at strengthening voting rights, fighting voter suppression and gerrymandering, and restricting the use of "dark money" in federal politics.
Republicans, however, have said during previous attempts to bring the legislation to a vote that it would give the federal government even more power in deciding the people's representation.
House Resolution 1, or the "For The People Act", is sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., and co-sponsored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
In a statement on his House webpage, Sarbanes said the 2020 Election made his legislation even more important, claiming American voters were forced to "overcome rampant voter suppression, gerrymandering and a torrent of special-interest dark money just to exercise their vote and their voice in our democracy."
H.R. 1 would ensure "automatic" voter registration, require states to allow same-day voter registration on Election Day, and take aim at what are often Republican efforts to "purge" voter rolls of alleged inconsistencies and disparities, such as a recent exercise in Georgia that resulted in a contentious court battle.
The bill also includes an item prohibiting ineligible voters from being prosecuted for being "mistakenly registered." --->READ MORE HERE
First, a surprise, as who would’ve thought the best video shown all weekend would be on ABC’s Sunday show with George Stephanopoulos?
Not because of Stephanopoulos, of course, but because of how Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul responded to him after being asked the leading, litmus-test question, “This election was not stolen. Do you accept that fact?”
To his everlasting credit, Sen. Paul did not play along with the leftist inquisition, saying instead that “the debate over whether or not there was fraud should occur,” that there was never any presentation in court of the evidence and that lawsuits were dismissed not for lack of evidence but “for lack of standing, which is a procedural way of not actually hearing the question.”
Sen. Paul detailed some of the “clearly” unconstitutional ways in which laws were changed by courts and secretaries of state — as opposed to state legislatures — before November. He said there was still a chance that “some of these actually do work their way up to the Supreme Court.”
“Yes, were there people who voted twice? Were there dead people who voted? Were there illegal aliens who voted? Yes, and we should get to the bottom of it.” There’s also the failure to purge voter rolls of ineligible people. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a related story:
Tucker: Democrats' sweeping 'For The People Act' would 'enshrine fraud,' as lawmakers seek to stifle dissent
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