Today, President Biden will give a major speech in Georgia in support of voting rights legislation, specifically the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Restoration Act. The former would provide federal standards for elections including allowing same-day, automatic voter registration; protecting mail-in and absentee voting; expanding early voting to two weeks; shielding election workers from attacks; preventing partisan gerrymandering; and making Election Day a national holiday. The latter would restore the power of the Justice Department to pre-approve any change to voting laws to ensure they are not racially discriminatory, undoing much of the damage from the Supreme Court in its 2013
My question is then,what can be done to pass these laws?I just don't understand how these Senators can be so close minded to not understand just what a precarious situation we're in. If those laws aren't passed,very very soon,the next elections in 2022 will not be fair,Reps will win bc they cheat,and we will lose our Democratic majority. Reps are already threatening to impeach Pres Biden-bc we impeached Trump-and to stop Jan 6 investigation. Once in power,it'll be almost impossible to remove them. I'm so frustrated.Dems should be united,under Pres Biden, and do whatever is needed to save our voting rights/fair elections-otherwise,Democracy dies..
My question is then,what can be done to pass these laws?I just don't understand how these Senators can be so close minded to not understand just what a precarious situation we're in. If those laws aren't passed,very very soon,the next elections in 2022 will not be fair,Reps will win bc they cheat,and we will lose our Democratic majority. Reps are already threatening to impeach Pres Biden-bc we impeached Trump-and to stop Jan 6 investigation. Once in power,it'll be almost impossible to remove them. I'm so frustrated.Dems should be united,under Pres Biden, and do whatever is needed to save our voting rights/fair elections-otherwise,Democracy dies..
It's hard to enjoy a game where one side plays by the rules and the other considers changing the rules to be part of the game.