{"id":1224291,"date":"2022-01-19T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1224291"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:24:53","slug":"nick-saban-jerry-west-pen-letter-urging-manchin-to-support-voter-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nick-saban-jerry-west-pen-letter-urging-manchin-to-support-voter-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Saban, Jerry West Pen Letter Urging Manchin To Support Voter Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnick-saban-jerry-west-pen-letter-urging-manchin-to-support-voter-legislation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1224291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alabama football coach Nick Saban and NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West were two of five sports figures to pen a letter to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), urging him to support voter legislation \u201cthat will protect both the rights of voters and the integrity of outcomes in all Federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both West and Saban are West Virginians, with Saban born in Fairmont, West Virginia. West was born in Chelyan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly support urgently needed legislation that will protect both the rights of voters and the integrity of outcomes in all Federal elections,\u201d the letter to Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/docsend.com\/view\/6f9g9kvwfm4w8862\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe Freedom to Vote Act, which you sponsored with Committee Chair Senator [Amy] Klobuchar and other colleagues, effectively addressed these goals. Now we also support your leadership in shaping legislation to secure our democracy by protecting election integrity, principled Presidential transitions and our national security during transitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe come from some of our nation\u2019s most popular sports leagues, conferences and teams. Some of us have roots and shaped our lives in West Virginia,\u201d they continued. \u201cOthers followed very different paths and some of us have been rivals in sports or business. But we are all certain that democracy is best when voting is open to everyone on a level playing field; the referees are neutral; and at the end of the game the final score is respected and accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, former West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, and former Buffalo Bills linebacker Darryl Talley also signed the letter to Manchin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The letter stated their support for \u201celections open for all Americans\u201d as well as \u201cimpartial conduct and score-keeping.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur democracy is at its best when all Americans are encouraged to participate,\u201d the letter says.\u201d We support measures to provide voters with a range of opportunities to obtain and cast a lawful ballot, including robust in-person, early, and absentee voting options. We support the use of election security, equipment and record-keeping measures that are reliable and evidence-based, and clearly support the integrity of election processes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese principles are now under intentional and unprecedented challenge,\u201d the letter continued. \u201cIn the last year, some 20 states have enacted dozens of laws that restrict voting access and allow local officials or state legislatures to interfere inappropriately with Federal election outcomes. Motivated by the unanticipated outcomes of recent close elections conducted with integrity, these state laws seek to secure partisan advantage by eliminating reliable practices with proven safeguards and substituting practices ripe for manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom to Vote Act has created massive division between the two political parties, with Republicans in the Senate seeing it as a \u201cpolitical power grab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is this is not about voting rights,\u201d Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/01\/14\/john-cornyn-ted-cruz-voting-bill\/\">said<\/a> last Tuesday in an appearance on Fox News. \u201cThis is about a partisan political power grab, and they are just trying to dress it up and sell it as something else. I just don\u2019t think the American people are buying it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/18\/politics\/nick-saban-jerry-west-joe-manchin-voting-rights\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, Saban added that he does not support ending the filibuster in the original footnotes of the letter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Saban is not in favor of getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate. He believes this will destroy the checks and balances we must have in our Democracy. The others signing this letter take no position on this aspect of Senate policies,\u201d the footnote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/18\/politics\/nick-saban-jerry-west-joe-manchin-voting-rights\/index.html\">read<\/a>, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have both stated their opposition to ending the filibuster.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no need for me to restate my longstanding support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation. There\u2019s no need for me to restate its role in protecting our country from wild reversals of federal policy,\u201d Sinema <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/sinema-senate-filibuster-schumer-democrats-elections-bills-voting-rights\">said according<\/a> to Fox News. \u201cThis week\u2019s harried discussions about Senate rules are but a poor substitute for what I believe could have and should have been a thoughtful public debate at any time over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama football coach Nick Saban and NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West were two of five sports figures to pen a letter to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), urging him to support voter legislation \u201cthat will protect both the rights of voters and the integrity of outcomes in all Federal elections.\u201d Both West and Saban are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1224291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}