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SAN ANTONIO – The nation’s largest overhaul of its electoral system in a generation, known as the For the People Act, went down in defeat Tuesday in the U.S. Senate.
The vote was split along party lines, with Democrats unable to overcome Republican opposition, to get the 60 votes needed in order to bring it up for debate.
The bill’s defeat was no surprise to Jon Taylor, Ph.D., chair of the UTSA department of political science and geography.
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