âThere is a ticking timebomb,â said Wendy Weiser, the director of the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice, which supports the bill. âIt will be a significant failure if [Congress] doesnât pass these two pieces of major voting legislation. It will be a significant failure for the country, for the American people ⦠I donât think Joe Manchin wants that on himself.â
Manchin is concerned the bill still does not have enough Republican buy-in, and favors an alternative piece of legislation that would reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and require election changes to be pre-approved by the federal government. Some observers say that solely passing that bill, named the John R Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, would be inadequate to undo the suppressive laws that have gone into effect and that trying to get bipartisan support for the measure is a foolâs errand, given the Republican partyâs embrace of Trumpâs lies about the 20
NH Primary Source: Hassan again endorsed by End Citizens United/Let America Vote advocacy group
Progressive organization calls New Hampshire Democrat champion of campaign finance, election reform Share Updated: 4:19 AM EDT May 13, 2021
Progressive organization calls New Hampshire Democrat champion of campaign finance, election reform Share Updated: 4:19 AM EDT May 13, 2021 New Hampshire Primary Source gives you breaking and behind-the-scenes political news by John DiStaso, the most experienced political writer in the state and a recipient of a New Hampshire Press Association Lifetime Achievement Award. To sign up for WMUR s weekly New Hampshire Primary Source and political email newsletter, which will be delivered to your inbox on Thursday at 6 a.m., click here.KEY ENDORSEMENT. Sen. Maggie Hassan’s support for reform of federal campaign finance and voting laws has earned her the endorsement of the combined progressive nonprofit End Citizens United a
A national campaign finance and election reform group on Thursday endorsed U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet s bid for a third term, noting that the Colorado Democrat is the only senator seeking