{"id":529999,"date":"2021-05-20T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=529999"},"modified":"2021-05-20T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:50:23","slug":"sen-tim-scott-says-democrats-voting-bill-would-actually-make-it-easier-to-cheat-and-harder-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tim-scott-says-democrats-voting-bill-would-actually-make-it-easier-to-cheat-and-harder-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Tim Scott Says Democrats\u2019 Voting Bill \u2018Would Actually Make It Easier To Cheat And Harder To Vote\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fsen-tim-scott-says-democrats-voting-bill-would-actually-make-it-easier-to-cheat-and-harder-to-vote%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=529999&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\/05\/GettyImages-1229595915-scaled-e1621531690807.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"41.758693361433\">\n<p><span>Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott stated Thursday that the \u201cFor The People Act,\u201d&nbsp;a Democrat-sponsored bill, does not address voting issues&nbsp;and would actually \u201cmake it easier to cheat and harder to vote.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/s1\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bill<\/a> was originally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/1\"><span>introduced<\/span><\/a><span> to the House in 2019 and is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1\"><span>supposed to<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cexpand voter rights\u201d by allowing for same-day and automatic <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/house-passed-hr-1-for-people-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voter<\/a> registration as well as voting by mail and early voting. Democrats have pushed this bill forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/people-act-separating-fact-fiction?ms=gad_for%20the%20people%20act_522026824731_8626214133_126275776310&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwkZiFBhD9ARIsAGxFX8AMvuskGFiS6G5hTggcEGvzlmzqGziXu57NJU-294ts5c1HhnaZsK0aAtI0EALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claiming<\/a> that it will \u201ccurb voter suppression\u201d as well as stop campaign finance fraud.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a Black man who has voted in the South all my life, voting rights are personal to me,\u201d Scott began in an opinion column published by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/s-1-voting-rights-elections-sen-tim-scott\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/democrats-afraid-voice-concerns-nationwide-voting-overhaul\/\">(RELATED: Some Democrats Are Reportedly Afraid To Voice Concerns About Nationwide Voting Overhaul)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript>   <\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTheir plan would make fraud harder to detect by allowing unlimited ballot harvesting all across the country. Each election year there are stories of political operatives succumbing to the temptation to tamper with ballots they\u2019re paid to collect. Even worse are the stories of bad actors deceiving voters, especially the elderly,\u201d Scott wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also said tax dollars would be put into political campaign accounts, meaning personal money could go towards candidates tax payers disagree with. He called this a \u201cpolitical power grab.\u201d The bill would, in fact, establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-will-hr-1-give-taxpayer-money-federal-campaigns-1573623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public fund<\/a> for those who qualify to run for office.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt has never been more important to instill greater voter confidence in our elections,\u201d Scott continued. \u201cYet, Democrats\u2014aided by liberal media content to echo their talking points\u2014continue to ignore the facts in favor of shameful political maneuvers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/s1\"><span>currently<\/span><\/a><span> sitting in the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and will have to be approved by the House, Senate and president.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott stated Thursday that the \u201cFor The People Act,\u201d\u00a0a Democrat-sponsored bill, does not address voting issues\u00a0and would actually \u201cmake it easier to cheat &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312495,"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\/05\/GettyImages-1229595915-scaled-e1621531690807.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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