How West Virginia Progressives Are Pushing Joe Manchin On Voting Reform
A local coalition hopes to use praise to win their senator s support for the For the People Act. But is it too late?
Any legislation that Democrats hope to pass and put on President Joe Biden’s desk needs Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) support first. The chances for his vote seem to be slipping away for the For the People Act, a sweeping election reform package.
But the legislation’s supporters, particularly progressives in Manchin’s home state of West Virginia, aren’t giving up.
Despite large coalitions of national groups organizing the grassroots campaign to pass the bill, the campaign to win Manchin’s support has largely been a local affair. A coalition of West Virginia groups is working to educate West Virginians and Manchin’s office about the bill and why he should support it.
By Jason Taylor
May 14, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa - State Auditor Rob Sand is investigating “potential overpayments” to election workers in eastern Iowa.
Sand says former Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz may have misused federal money to boost worker pay during a primary election in 2020.
Moritz told the Quad-Cities Times that she made a mistake and thought she had the authority to increase pay as a way to attract more poll workers.
She resigned her position last month.
Sand says the payments could amount to a misuse of Help America Vote Act funds. That money is made available through the Iowa Secretary of State Office, which is assisting with the investigation.
MONTPELIER â Following an unprecedented general election in 2020, the Vermont House on Wednesday passed an amended Senate bill that, among other things, would establish universal vote-by-mail for general elections in Vermont.
The bill, S.15, passed through the Senate in March and will return to that chamber to consider amendments made by the House before going to the governorâs desk.
The bill also creates a means of fixing defective ballots that have been mailed in. The House Committee on Appropriations recommended the House propose to the Senate an amendment that would establish appropriations for election-related expenses in fiscal year 2022 in the bill.
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