As we told you, H.R. 1 – otherwise known as “For the People Act” – was introduced to push a federal takeover of the U.S. voting systems. This 800-page bill would make permanent some of the worst election administration changes from 2020 that were implemented during the unique challenges of the pandemic. It would make those changes mandatory – in every state. Sen. Joe Manchin, whose vote is crucial to get this bill passed, announced his opposition to H.R. 1 and his opposition to ending the legislative filibuster. However, this doesn’t mean that this bill or a similar bill won’t be passed.
Sen. Manchin explained his decision to not support H.R. 1:
"Voting is the bedrock of our democracy. Open, fair, secured voting. We used to go around the world and explain and show and observe voting procedures in a democracy. And now if we can’t practice what we preach, we are going to basically do an overhaul, an 800-page overhaul of the voting rights . . . I think there’s a lot of great things in that piece of legislation, but there’s an awful lot of things that basically don’t pertain directly to voting."--
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