{"id":190145,"date":"2021-03-04T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190145"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:29:55","slug":"house-dems-pass-massive-voting-rights-bill-conservatives-claim-it-will-chill-speech-demolish-election-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-pass-massive-voting-rights-bill-conservatives-claim-it-will-chill-speech-demolish-election-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"House Dems Pass Massive\u00a0\u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill; Conservatives Claim It Will Chill Speech, Demolish\u00a0Election Integrity"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fhouse-dems-pass-massive-voting-rights-bill-conservatives-claim-it-will-chill-speech-demolish-election-integrity%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=190145&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1229605554.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Democrats passed a sweeping \u201cvoting rights\u201d bill called H.R. 1, or \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d that seeks to implement automatic voter registration among other election reforms, as well as adding reforms to campaign finance.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have warned that the bill would be disastrous for election integrity and effectively chill speech by expanding the definition of \u201cpolitical speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/3\/3\/22309123\/house-democrats-pass-voting-rights-bill-hr1\">outlined<\/a> Wednesday some of the election reforms found in the massive 800-page bill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"Wog4PZ\"><em>Creates new national automatic voter registration that asks voters to opt out rather than opt in, ensuring more people will be signed up to vote. Requires chief state election officials to automatically register eligible unregistered citizens.<\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"S8mWSa\"><em>Requires each state to put online options for voter registration, correction, cancellation, or designating party affiliation.<\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"XPJDPo\"><em>Requires at least 15 consecutive days of early voting for federal elections; early voting sites would be open for at least 10 hours per day. The bill also prohibits states from restricting a person\u2019s ability to vote by mail, and requires states to prepay postage on return envelopes for mail-in voting.<\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"AGNk4d\"><em>Establish independent redistricting commissions in states as a way to draw new congressional districts and end partisan gerrymandering in federal elections.<\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"GQDGqU\"><em>Prohibits voter roll purging and bans the use of non-forwardable mail being used as a way to remove voters from rolls.<\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"G7o708\"><em>Restores voting rights to people convicted of felonies who have completed their sentences; however, the bill doesn\u2019t restore rights to felons currently serving sentences in a correctional facility.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the campaign finance portion of the bill, the\u00a0federal government \u201cwould provide a voluntary 6-1 match for candidates for president and Congress, which means for every dollar a candidate raises from small donations, the federal government would match it six times over.\u201d The program would be paid for by \u201cadding a 2.75 percent fee on criminal and civil fines, fees, penalties, or settlements with banks and corporations that commit corporate malfeasance,\u201d according to Vox.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens United would be\u00a0ended via amendment, and the \u201cDisclose Act\u201d would mandate\u00a0super PACs and so-called \u201cdark money\u201d political organizations to make their donors public.<\/p>\n<p>Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a nonprofit that defends religious liberty, warned that the\u00a0bill, filled with \u201cconvoluted text,\u201d \u201ctramples on the free speech and free association rights of American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout its nearly 800 pages of complex and convoluted text, H.R. 1 imposes unworkable and invasive regulations on the ability of individual Americans and groups of citizens to discuss vital policy issues with elected officials or the public and to exercise constitutionally protected freedoms,\u201d ADF asserted. \u201cThe bill intrudes upon the private financial decisions made by everyday citizens, subjecting them to harassment and intimidation simply for giving to causes they care about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Democrats dubbing the bill the \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d ADF warns the legislation \u00a0\u201cis anything but that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that \u2018the people lose when the government is the one deciding which ideas should prevail.\u2019 We hope the Senate will see through this fa\u00e7ade and reject this misleading and deeply flawed bill,\u201d the organization added.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) focused in on the voting regulations, warning, \u201cIf Speaker Pelosi has her way, the problems we saw in a few states during the 2020 election will become the norm across America. Taxpayer funded campaigns, a ban on voter ID laws, and nationwide ballot harvesting \u2013 these are radical ideas specifically designed to reelect Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GOP-aligned nonprofit American Action Network claimed the \u201ccorrupt campaign finance legislation\u201d \u201cwould allow Members of Congress to shovel $7.2 million in public funding into their campaign accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of Congress should be embarrassed for passing legislation this corrupt under the guise of good governance,\u201d said Dan Conston, President of American Action Network. \u201cPublic funding should be used to help Americans recover from the devastation of COVID-19, not to fund bailouts for liberal politicians\u2019 desperate re-election efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative and libertarian activist group FreedomWorks said in a statement: \u201cThe bipartisan vote against H.R. <span class=\"il\">1<\/span> reflects what we know to be true \u2014 This bill is NOT \u2018For the People.\u2019 The American people do not want it, and evidently, the full House Democratic conference doesn\u2019t even want it either. Certainly, it\u2019s beyond clear that the left\u2019s continual calls for \u2018unity\u2019 are a sham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill seeks to entirely upend the electoral system as it currently exists by stripping states of their constitutional authority to dictate their own election laws and giving that power to the federal government,\u201d FreedomWorks blasted. \u201cFurthermore, with its overhaul of campaign finance laws, H.R. <span class=\"il\">1<\/span> poses a chilling threat to political activists and their ability to petition the government. At its core, H.R. <span class=\"il\">1<\/span> is nothing more than a thinly veiled power grab that is highly dangerous, blatantly unconstitutional, and overt in its goal of giving Democrats disproportionate influence over elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend those Members of Congress who voted against this bill and urge Republicans and Democrats alike in the Senate to vote against it when the time comes. They also must keep their eyes peeled for inevitable efforts to pass this bill piecemeal. After the tumultuous 2020 election, the last thing Americans need are policies that would cripple election integrity and further weaken Americans\u2019 faith in our elections. The ramifications of writing these policies into law are far too great to be ignored, let alone justify a \u2018yes\u2019 vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>H.R. 1 passed the House two years ago and is expected to have a tough time in the Senate despite the Democrats\u2019 Senate majority because of the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Mitch McConnell is not willing to provide 10 Republicans to support this landmark reform, I think Democrats are going to step back and reevaluate the situation,\u201d said Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), the author of H.R. 1. \u201cThere\u2019s all manner of ways you could redesign the filibuster so [the bill] would have a path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/3\/3\/22309123\/house-democrats-pass-voting-rights-bill-hr1\">noted<\/a>: \u201cOne path that\u2019s being discussed is partially amending Senate filibuster rules to allow democracy reform legislation like HR 1 to advance on a simple majority vote and therefore potentially be able to pass on a party-line vote. That would be different from fully blowing up the filibuster, but it still could get pushback from Senate institutionalists even in the Democratic Party like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a staunch advocate of keeping the filibuster in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats passed a sweeping \u201cvoting rights\u201d bill called H.R. 1, or \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d that seeks to implement automatic voter registration among other election reforms, as well as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274783,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1229605554.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"House Dems Pass Massive\u00a0\u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill; Conservatives Claim It Will Chill Speech, Demolish\u00a0Election Integrity","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1229605554.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"House Dems Pass Massive\u00a0\u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill; Conservatives Claim It Will Chill Speech, Demolish\u00a0Election Integrity","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190145","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=190145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}