Democrats’ would-be landmark voting-rights legislation now officially appears to be dead on arrival in the Senate
In the center square, with the block. Photo: Michael Swensen/Getty Images Senator Joe Machin has made it official: He say’s he’ll oppose Democrats’ landmark voting-rights bill, the For the People Act.
The announcement did not come as a surprise, since Manchin has already made his ill feelings toward non-bipartisan voting reform very clear, and was already the only Senate Democrat who didn’t co-sponsor the For the People Act, which he has repeatedly criticized. Manchin also once again called on Senate leaders to “update and pass” the far less sweeping John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to strengthen the Voting Rights Act “through regular order.
The For the People Act, which has already twice passed in the House, would establish federally mandated voting and election standards nationwide, including no-excuse voting by mail and other rules for absentee voting; would impose limits on partisan gerrymandering; and would attempt to create a functioning public-financing system.
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