{"id":566572,"date":"2021-06-17T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566572"},"modified":"2021-06-17T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:21:21","slug":"stacey-abrams-supports-joe-manchins-voting-rights-compromise-which-includes-id-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-supports-joe-manchins-voting-rights-compromise-which-includes-id-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Supports Joe Manchin\u2019s Voting Rights Compromise, Which Includes ID Requirements"},"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%2Fstacey-abrams-supports-joe-manchins-voting-rights-compromise-which-includes-id-requirements%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=566572&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\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-17-at-9.38.19-AM-e1623938702194.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Stacey Abrams announced her support for West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s voting rights compromise on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day\u201d Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Senator Manchin is putting forward are some basic building blocks that we need to ensure that democracy is accessible, no matter your geography,\u201d Abrams said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose provisions that he\u2019s setting forth are strong ones that will create [a] level playing field, will create standards that do not vary from state to state, and I think will ensure that every American has improved access to the right to vote, despite the onslaught of state legislation seeking to restrict access to the right to vote,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.090395480226\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Manchin\u2019s suggestions \u201cwill [a] create level playing field\u201d and \u201censure that every American has improved access to the right to vote,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@staceyabrams<\/a> says, adding that she supports voter identification but rejects it when it is \u201cdesigned to keep people out of the process.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/abZyiBssOT\">pic.twitter.com\/abZyiBssOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New Day (@NewDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewDay\/status\/1405510083476430852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s proposed compromise is an attempt to bridge the gap between the For the People Act, which passed the House in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/house-passed-hr-1-for-people-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">near party-line vote<\/a>, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act that Manchin supports. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/16\/manchin-meets-republicans-compromise-voting-rights-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Manchin Meets With Republicans In Hopes Of Reaching Compromise On Voting Rights Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The compromise includes <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/12\/21\/north-carolina-voter-id-roy-cooper-veto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voter identification<\/a> requirements but would allow alternative identification, such as utility bills, to be accepted. Abrams, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/26\/jim-crow-2-0-critics-georgia-bill-kemp-abrams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously called<\/a> Republican efforts to restrict voting in Georgia \u201cJim Crow 2.0,\u201d said she supports the requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of the fallacies of Republican talking points [that\u2019s] been deeply disturbing. No one has ever objected to having to prove who you are to vote,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat has been problematic is the type of restrictive ID that we\u2019ve seen pop up \u2026 I reject restrictive voter identification designed to keep people out of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams announced her support for West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s voting rights compromise on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day\u201d Thursday morning.\u201cWhat Senator Manchin is putting forward are some basic building &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280553,"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\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-17-at-9.38.19-AM-e1623938702194.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Stacey Abrams Supports Joe Manchin\u2019s Voting Rights Compromise, Which Includes ID Requirements","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-17-at-9.38.19-AM-e1623938702194.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Stacey Abrams Supports Joe Manchin\u2019s Voting Rights Compromise, Which Includes ID Requirements","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566572","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=566572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}