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The For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, would provide sweeping reforms on redistricting, absentee voting, voting rights and election security.

The House voted 220-210 on Wednesday to pass the extensive election and anti-corruption bill of Democrats. Expanding voting access has been a top initiative for Democrats for years.

The House on Wednesday, March 3, passed HR 1, also known as the "For The People Act," which provides sweeping reform to US elections, including on the subjects of gerrymandering, election security, and the corruptive influence of foreign entities in US elections. The bill passed on a mostly party-line vote, with one Democrat joining Republicans to vote against it. The "For The People Act" has clearly divided the parties. The bill's author, US Rep. John Sabranes (D-Md) said the 2020 election "underscored the need for comprehensive, structural democracy reform." "Americans across the country...

Get our free mobile app The bill was approved on a near party-line 220-210 vote. It would restrict partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts, strike down hurdles to voting and bring transparency to a murky campaign finance system that allows wealthy donors to anonymously bankroll political causes. Democrats have presented it as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country. Republicans have criticized it as an unwanted federal infringement in state elections. Of course, this comes just days after former presid...

The For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, would provide sweeping reforms on redistricting, absentee voting, voting rights and election security.