{"id":205262,"date":"2021-03-09T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T23:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=205262"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:15:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T23:15:03","slug":"8-ways-the-lefts-for-the-people-act-could-help-democrats-dominate-elections-for-a-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-ways-the-lefts-for-the-people-act-could-help-democrats-dominate-elections-for-a-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Ways The Left\u2019s \u201cFor The People\u201d Act Could Help Democrats Dominate Elections For A Generation"},"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\">32<\/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%2F8-ways-the-lefts-for-the-people-act-could-help-democrats-dominate-elections-for-a-generation%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=205262&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-1148016822-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On March 4, House Democrats quietly passed a sweeping \u201cvoter rights\u201d bill called H.R. 1, also known as \u201cFor the People Act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 800-page<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1\/text?q=%7B%22search%22:[%22hr1%22]%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=1\"><span>bill<\/span><\/a> <span>claims to work \u201cTo expand Americans\u2019 access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, and for other purposes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In reality, it is a subtle and subversive attempt by Democrats to build on the electoral advantages of the COVID-era election last November by cementing in place multiple policies which could cement their power for generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here are eight ways the \u201cFor the People Act\u201d could allow Democrats to undermine electoral integrity to their unique benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outlawing Voter ID Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Criticizing supposed excessive \u201c<\/span><span>onerous voter identification requirements,\u201d with minority communities \u201cdisproportionately burdened\u201d by such \u201crestrictions,\u201d the \u201cFor the People Act\u201d aims to remove many such provisions which would require a voter to prove their identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the context of absentee ballots, which are already targets of criticism regarding reliability, the bill claims that \u201cstates and localities have eroded access to the right to vote through restrictions on the right to vote including excessively onerous voter identification requirements,\u201d and that a state therefore \u201cmay not require an individual to provide any form of identification as a condition of obtaining an absentee ballot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The danger here in terms of fraud is obvious, with unsolicited ballots already distributed by several states. With no legislative method of verifying the identity of the recipient and\/or the voter who returns the ballot \u2014 if it is returned at all \u2014 there is no system in place to ensure that such ballots are cast legitimately. Such a process also raises the risk of ballot harvesting and ballot tampering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mail-in voting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cFor the People Act\u201d also looks to make the COVID-19 alterations regarding the use of mail-in ballots a permanent feature of the electoral process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/4-devastating-consequences-of-the-for-the-people-act\"><span>argues<\/span><\/a> <span>that \u201c<\/span><span>Congress finds that it has the authority pursuant to section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to protect the right to vote,\u201d by addressing \u201climited and unequal access to voting by mail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Referencing the disputed claim that racist policies mean that \u201c<\/span><span>minority communities wait longer in lines to vote, are more likely to have their mail ballots rejected, continue to face intimidation at the polls, are more likely to be disenfranchised by voter purges, and are disproportionately burdened by voter identification and other voter restrictions,\u201d the legislation would amend \u201c<\/span><span>the Help America Vote Act of 2002 by mandating that \u2018if an individual in a State is eligible to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, the State may not impose any additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of the individual to cast the vote in such election by absentee ballot by mail.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Additionally, no state may refuse \u201cto accept or process\u201d a mail-in ballot as long as it is postmarked before election day, only adding to the post-related concerns raised by the 2020 election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given the clear advantage mail-in voting provided for Joe Biden and Democrats during November\u2019s election, it\u2019s no surprise that they are looking to make this short-term change permanent.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal control of redistricting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cFor the People Act\u201d also looks to \u201cremedy [the] debasement\u201d of the \u201cgerrymandering of districts\u201d by requiring states to \u201c<\/span><span>comply with the United States Constitution\u201d and \u201cprovide racial, ethnic, and language minorities with an equal opportunity to participate in the political process\u201d in their redistricting, with states forced to appoint \u201cindependent redistricting commissions\u201d in the context of achieving diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The key and unsubstantiated assumption here is that, while gerrymandering on the state level is deeply partisan \u2014 an undeniable fact of political life on both sides of the aisle \u2014 such gerrymandering would not occur on the federal level or via \u201cindependent\u201d commissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expand the Senate with new (Democratic) seats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>An additional Democratic goal of this legislation is to effectively achieve long-term control of the U.S. Senate by setting the groundwork for the addition of new Senate seats.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cFor the People Act\u201d states that \u201cthere are no constitutional, historical, fiscal, or economic reasons why the Americans who live in the District of Columbia should not be granted statehood,\u201d and looks to create a \u201cCongressional Task Force on Voting Rights\u201d to investigate \u201cpolitical disenfranchisement of United States citizens in territories of the United States,\u201d with the task force chair selected by the currently Democratic Speaker of the House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While such an objective would clearly seek to add two Senate seats representing Washington D.C., with the presumed assumption that two Democrats would win these seats and tip the scale further in favor of the Left, it would also open the door to statehood \u2014 with corresponding representation in Congress \u2014 for other territories, such as Puerto Rico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Automatic voter registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Arguing that \u201cthe right to vote is a fundamental right of citizens of the United States,\u201d the bill claims that \u201c<\/span><span>it is the responsibility of the State and Federal Governments to ensure that every eligible citizen is registered to vote.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cFor the People Act\u201d then directs both state and federal governments to \u201cregister all eligible citizens to vote with accurate, cost-efficient, and up-to-date procedures\u201d in the form of automatic voter registration of \u201celigible individuals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This would mean that every person deemed eligible \u2014 whether correctly or incorrectly \u2014 would be automatically registered to vote, with voters asked to opt out rather than opt in. While registration itself should not cause significant concern, it would necessarily increase the number of unsolicited ballots distributed when partnered with the simultaneous goals of making mail-in ballots a permanent feature of our election systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citizens United and Campaign Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Arguing that \u201c<\/span><span>Campaign finance laws promote these First Amendment interests,\u201d the bill accuses the Supreme Court of failing to \u201crecognize that these laws are essential, proactive rules that help guarantee true democratic self-government.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCitizens United would be ended via amendment, and the \u2018Disclose Act\u2019 would mandate super PACs and so-called \u2018dark money\u2019 political organizations to make their donors public,\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-dems-pass-massive-voting-rights-bill-conservatives-claim-it-will-chill-speech-demolish-election-integrity\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a> <span>the Daily Wire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is nothing other than the delivery of a long-time desire to seek revenge for the Supreme Court <em>Citizens United<\/em> decision after a conservative non-profit sought to distribute content critical of Hillary Clinton in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, the bill calls for the federal government to \u201cprovide 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 Funds would be provided 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/3\/3\/22309123\/house-democrats-pass-voting-rights-bill-hr1\">Vox<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What does this mean in practice? Federal funds \u2014 regardless of their source \u2014 would be distributed to political candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Early voting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill also aims to cement in place \u201cearly voting\u201d requirements, mandating that each state \u201c<\/span><span>allow individuals to vote in an election for Federal office during an early voting period which occurs prior to the date of the election, in the same manner as voting is allowed on such date.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With \u201cThe early voting period required under this subsection with respect to an election shall consist of a period of consecutive days (including weekends) which begins on the 15th day before the date of the election (or, at the option of the State, on a day prior to the 15th day before the date of the election) and ends on the date of the election,\u201d the bill calls for early voting to begin at least 15 days prior to the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The arguable goal of early voting? To reduce the ability of voters to change their mind or act on the latest available information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop voter roll \u201cpurging\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>On the subject of \u201cvoter roll purging,\u201d the bill requires that \u201c<\/span><span>a State may not remove the name of any registrant from the official list of voters eligible to vote in elections for Federal office in the State unless the State verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in such elections.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, \u201cobjective and reliable evidence\u201d is intentionally vague, meaning that the likelihood of ineligible voters being able to vote is increased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>This 800-page bill is overwhelmingly dense, making it difficult to analyze and critique in detail without becoming equally impossible to follow. However, when viewed through the lens of the Democrats\u2019 ultimate objective, the truth becomes clear.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFor the People Act\u201d is not for the people, as it claims. It\u2019s for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 4, House Democrats quietly passed a sweeping \u201cvoter rights\u201d bill called H.R. 1, also known as \u201cFor the People Act.\u201d The 800-page bill claims to work \u201cTo expand &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310390,"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-1148016822-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"8 Ways The Left\u2019s \u201cFor The People\u201d Act Could Help Democrats Dominate Elections For A Generation","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205262","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-1148016822-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"8 Ways The Left\u2019s \u201cFor The People\u201d Act Could Help Democrats Dominate Elections For A Generation","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205262","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=205262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}