On the trail: Election bill battles heat up in D.C. and N.H.
Concord Ward 5 Clerk Charlie Nelson processes absentee ballots in between when inhouse voters put in their voting ballots at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. GEOFF FORESTER
Published: 3/5/2021 4:38:14 PM
A partisan war is being waged over a massive election reform and campaign finance bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives this week.
H.R. 1, which is formally known as the For the People Act of 2021, if passed into law, would expand voting rights, overhaul campaign finance and redistricting laws, and increase transparency.
Democrats take fight for voting access to Congress
Mike DeBonis and Amy Gardner, The Washington Post
March 2, 2021
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WASHINGTON - The turbulent debate over the nation s elections reached Congress s doorstep this week, with House Democrats poised to pass sweeping nationwide standards for voter access Wednesday just as Republican lawmakers in dozens of states move to restrict polling access after Donald Trump s November loss.
Both parties have mobilized for the fight in unprecedented ways, reflecting the immense public attention on election issues - thanks to Trump s months-long campaign of falsehoods and the subsequent attack on the Capitol, as well as the stakes for the 2022 midterm elections.
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They’re off The 2021 session got off and running Tuesday: In a slight deviation from norm, the three most powerful people in state government stuck to the script when outlining their priorities for the next 60 days. There were no opening day thunderbolts. But here were a few takeaways:
The voting wars come to Capitol Hill: Democrats eye national elections overhaul amid GOP crackdown Mike DeBonis, Amy Gardner The turbulent debate over the nation’s elections reached Congress’s doorstep this week, with House Democrats poised to pass sweeping nationwide standards for voter access Wednesday just as Republican lawmakers in dozens of states move to restrict polling access after Donald Trump’s November loss. Both parties have mobilized for the fight in unprecedented ways, reflecting the immense public attention on election issues thanks to Trump’s months-long campaign of falsehoods and the subsequent attack on the Capitol, as well as the stakes for the 2022 midterm elections.