A Voting Rights Bill That Could Actually Pass

[applegrove]

A Voting Rights Bill That Could Actually Pass

March 16, 2021 at 8:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/16/a-voting-rights-bill-that-could-actually-pass/

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Rick Hasen writes that HR 1–the major Democratic voting rights and elections bill that already passed the House–likely wouldn’t pass in the Senate even if there were no filibuster.

“This mammoth bill has little chance of being enacted. But a more pinpointed law, including one restoring a key part of the Voting Rights Act, could make it out of the Senate to guarantee voting rights protections for all in the 2022 and 2024 elections.”

His four main tenets in such a “pinpointed” bill are:

Restore preclearance provisions of the VRA.

Voting rights protections like early voting periods.

End partisan gerrymandering with commissions.

Paper ballots and election security measures.

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[jorgevlorgan]

1. HR 1 could and should pass

If a pinpointed bill is necessary then so be it, but this bill is long past due.

[applegrove]

2. Oh I hope HR 1 passes too. But good to know there is a backup plan.

[jorgevlorgan]

3. Yeah. I mean hr1 would have been an upgrade when the VRA was not gutted

Now just restoring those parts of the vra we lost would be incredible.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Sorry, no watering down of our rights is acceptable. HR 1 must pass intact.

This fight is just beginning- just wait until summer, when thousands of vaccinated activists can March in the streets, especially in WV and AZ...