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And that should put a spike through it assuming no Republicans cross over to promote SB1 in the Senate. Joe Manchin told ABC News yesterday that the Democrats’ attempts to push through their version of the House’s radical HR1 voting reforms kept ending up in partisan deadlocks in committee. Manchin wants to start over with a bill that has more bipartisan buy-in:
Sen. Joe Manchin is breaking with Democrats and throwing his weight behind a more measured voting rights bill in lieu of the sweeping Democratic voting reform bill that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has labeled a top priority of the caucus.
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Sen. Joe Manchin won’t support For the People Act, says path forward is John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the For the People Act, the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to restrict voting access, a spokeswoman for the West Virginia Democrat confirmed Wednesday.
Manchin who had previously expressed reservations about moving forward with a far-reaching measure without bipartisan support suggested instead using the John Lewis Voting Rights Act as the path forward.
Manchin’s proposal comes just one day after the Senate Rules Committee deadlocked 9-9 along partisan lines on passing the For the People Act out of committee Tuesday, revealing the tough path ahead for the Democratic legislation, which touches on everything from rules for early voting to public funding for Senate candidates.
New York Poised To Expand Voting Rights As Other States Suppress Them
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Voters across New York State will have the chance to fundamentally expand voting access this fall when two state constitutional amendments appear on the ballot: one would establish same-day voter registration and the other would allow for no-excuse absentee ballots.
The November referendums are the final step, according to state law, to amending the constitution. They follow the passage by the New York State Assembly on Tuesday of both resolutions, for the second time. The State Senate also approved the proposals twice in consecutive sessions.
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Senate takes up voting rights bill
The For The People Act would change how voters are registered and elections are administered.ABC News
Sen. Joe Manchin is breaking with Democrats and throwing his weight behind a more measured voting rights bill in lieu of the sweeping Democratic voting reform bill that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has labeled a top priority of the caucus.
The Democrat from West Virginia told ABC News exclusively that he intends to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a more narrowly tailored piece of voting rights legislation that he said he believes could muster bipartisan support even as voting legislation is becoming a flash point between the two parties.