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No decision facing Democrats over the next two years will shape the long-term political competition between the parties more than whether they end the Senate filibuster to pass their agenda to reform elections and expand access to the vote.
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The election-reform legislation that Democrats have introduced in both chambers - H.R. 1 and its Senate companion, S. 1 - would restore rules under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in fact, do much more.
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For federal elections, it would require every state to do the following:
(1) provide online, automatic, and same-day registration.
(2) ensure at least 15 days of in-person early voting.
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(1) provide online, automatic, and same-day registration.
(2) ensure at least 15 days of in-person early voting.
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(3) provide all voters access to no-excuse, postage-free absentee ballots; and offer drop boxes where they can return those ballots.
(4) end gerrymandering by requiring every state to create independent commissions to draw congressional districts.
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(4) end gerrymandering by requiring every state to create independent commissions to draw congressional districts.
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(5) establish a system of public financing for congressional elections.
(6) institute new safeguards against foreign interference in elections.
(7) require increased disclosure of the unlimited dark-money campaign spending.
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(6) institute new safeguards against foreign interference in elections.
(7) require increased disclosure of the unlimited dark-money campaign spending.
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In all, the legislation is, as Joe Biden once said to Barack Obama about the Affordable Care Act, a “big fucking deal.”
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