Democrats are pushing for a voting rights bill to standardize election law and expand voter access. The bill passed the House but is unlikely to pass in the Senate without changes to filibuster rules.
"Their scheme has always been to erase American votes with illegal votes and now they are doing so openly," Trump said. Talking about the "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act,"
This is what the Republicans are against, Under the bill, several requirements related to election administration, redistricting, and campaign finance would be instated, including:
Declaring Election Day as a federal holiday
Restoring voting rights to formerly incarcerated people convicted of felonies
Prohibiting partisan gerrymandering by requiring states to use criteria when drawing new congressional districts
Creating more protections and allocating resources to serve voters with disabilities and overseas/military voters
Accepting a wide range of forms of non-photographic identification in places where ID is required to vote
This is what the Democrats propose.
Now, Republican know erasing votes is fairly impossible to do, so they are doing everything they can to make it harder or discouraging. Like eliminating voting place, hoping long lines will discourage voter from coming out to vote, one Republican State will not allow you to even get a drink of water while standing in line. What is the reasoning behind that, other than discouraging people to vote?
Republicans know, if less people that turn out to vote the republicans have a better chance of winning.
The bill is intended to improve voter access. Democrats and Republicans often believe high voter turnouts helps Democrats, but that assumption is not necessarily true, Insider's Grace Panetta reported.
The Voter Rights Bill is intended to improve voter access, so why do Republicans oppose it, I just don't understand? Maybe it IS time to end the filibuster.
The advantages of the filibuster are that it allows the minority opinions to be heard and understood by the Senate before the Senate is allowed to vote. This could keep bills from moving forward until the person that was voicing their opinion was done and felt like they had been heard. But that does not seem to be how it is being used today.