{"id":203577,"date":"2021-03-09T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=203577"},"modified":"2021-03-09T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:00:43","slug":"gop-lawmakers-call-on-states-to-introduce-election-integrity-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-call-on-states-to-introduce-election-integrity-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmakers call on states to introduce election integrity laws"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgop-lawmakers-call-on-states-to-introduce-election-integrity-laws%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=203577&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 id=\"attachment_2383840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2383840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mailbox in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo\/Nati Harnik, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:56 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, March 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republicans are refusing to give up the fight to protect the integrity of U.S. elections. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/roy.house.gov\/files\/2021-03-08%20Roy%20JDJ%20Davis%20Comer%20to%20NCSL%20re%20state%20elections.pdf\">letter<\/a> Monday to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) called on states to pass strict election reform laws. His calls were echoed by three ranking House Committee members.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers cited the House\u2019s recent passage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1\/text\">H.R.1<\/a>, which they said would \u201camount to an unconstitutional federal takeover\u201d of the country\u2019s election laws. The House passed H.R.1 last week, which Democrats have touted as one of the most \u201ctransformational\u201d voting rights bills in history.<\/p>\n<p>It includes provisions such as automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration and universal mail-in ballots. Republicans have expressed serious concerns over these measures while pointing to the countless accusations of voting fraud during the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat you have here is a naked power grab, and things that fly in the face of common sense to the American people&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep Roy joins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OANN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OANN<\/a> to discuss his opposition to Democrats\u2019 HR1 election takeover bill and what real election reform looks like: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YsSqsPb6N5\">pic.twitter.com\/YsSqsPb6N5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy\/status\/1367515198974812160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans also asserted that not only are the changes in the bill bad for election integrity, they are also illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill is unconstitutional for starters,\u201d stated Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). \u201cD.C. does not get to dictate how our elections are run in the states\u2026I don\u2019t want Nancy Pelosi in California telling South Carolina how to run our elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite all these concerns, Democrats\u2019 narrative throughout this process is that this is a matter of racial justice and anyone against these wide-ranging changes is a racist.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Monday\u2019s letter implores states to make a number of changes to their laws, including protections regarding mail-in voting, laws against ballot harvesting, signature verification and laws making sure voter registration roles are up-to-date as well as accurate.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/n-y-gop-introducing-resolution-to-impeach-gov-cuomo\/\">N.Y. GOP introducing resolution to impeach Gov. 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