Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The U.S. House Democrats passed the HR1 election reform bill on Wednesday, March 3, under the name For The People Act, but in reality this bill is for the Democrats. The bill would fundamentally and permanently change the American electoral system, the democratic system, and in practice has 37 key rules in particular that would ensure that the Democratic Party never loses a single election and is always in power. The bill now awaits a vote in the Senate.
At 791 pages, HR1 is a massive piece of legislation that deals with the big issues of the American electoral and democratic system, but it passed the House with little review or debate. According to conservative media outlet Breitbart News, HR1 contains some provisions that are not controversial on a bipartisan basis, such as making it easier for voters with disabilities to vote, improving election security, and ensuring that all voting machines used in U.S. elections are made in the United States.
But more provisions favor Democrats, such as weakening states’ rights, expanding mail-in ballots, no photo ID, unlimited “harvesting,” giving illegal aliens the right to vote, giving ex-felons the right to vote, and creating barriers to bar former President Trump from running again in the presidential election.
Breitbart News summarizes 37 key provisions of HR1 that lean heavily in favor of Democratic interests and that – once passed into law by both houses of Congress – would ensure that Democrats would never lose a single election, both houses of Congress and the presidency. Both houses of Congress and the presidency will always be in Democratic hands.
The 37 key provisions are: 1. Declaring Federal Control of Congressional Elections
The bill begins by declaring that “Congress finds that it has broad authority under the congressional elections clause to regulate the Time, place, and manner of congressional elections.”
But in reality this provision is unconstitutional because the Constitution gives the states primary authority to simply allow Congress to “make or amend such regulations.” House Democrats are “interpreting” this constitutional provision as much as possible to give federal power over the states.
- Declare “state and local erosion of voting rights”
The bill declares that photo IDs, “burdensome” voter registration procedures, removal of ineligible voter registrations, restrictions on voting by mail, rules prohibiting felons from voting, and various measures taken by states and municipalities to ensure the fairness and integrity of elections are “restrictions on the right to vote. “HR1 also calls these provisions “racial discrimination” and “systemic racism”.
- The challenge to HR1 is limited to the federal court system in Washington, D.C.
The court system in Washington DC is Democrat-friendly. This provision minimizes the opportunity to bring legal challenges to conservative courts.
- Voter registration automatically generated or available online
The bill requires each state to ensure that “all eligible citizens are registered to vote for office in the federal government,” unless a person requests to opt out of registration. The bill also requires states to provide online voter registration and may not require voters to register numbers other than the last four digits of the applicant’s Social Security number.
- protects illegal aliens who are registered to vote from prosecution
- The ability to change personal information at the polls
- The ability to register voters on Election Day
8、Prevent states from removing ineligible voters from the voter registry
- Voter registration for minors under the age of 18
The bill requires states to register citizens who are at least 16 years old, even if they are not yet able to vote.
- Prohibit the release of misleading information
This bill would make it a federal crime to “publish misleading information,” punishable by up to five years in prison.
- Reduce state prison funding unless they register ex-offenders to vote
- Mandatory Early Voting
The bill requires states to allow early voting, and early voting must begin no later than 15 days before election day, and must also give 10 hours of voting time each day.
- Vote by mail nationwide, no photo ID required
Signatures can be requested from mail-in ballot applicants, but no witness signatures are required, and once a person applies for a mail-in ballot, he or she has the right to vote by mail in perpetuity.
- Unlimited “Ballot Harvesting”
The bill requires states to allow voters to designate anyone to deliver the selected and sealed absentee ballot to a post office (mail out), or polling place, or to a building or election office designated to receive ballots.
- allow voting to be accepted up to 10 days after election day
- States and local governments pay the postage for mailing ballots
17、Prohibit state election officials from campaigning for federal elections
- Create “campus voting coordinators” in universities
- require states to remove the requirement for photo ID
- Making absentee ballot boxes available for 45 days
- Mandatory curbside voting (curbside voting)
- Restore federal oversight of states under the Voting Rights Act
- Encourage Washington DC to become a state with territorial representation
This would allow the Democrats to increase the number of Senate and House seats.
- Adopt an “independent” commission for federal control of congressional district maps
- Establish a “National Commission for the Protection of American Democracy”
The committee would consist of ten members, six from the majority party and four from the minority party, which would allow the Democrats to maintain control of the committee.
- New Reporting Requirements for Corporations
The bill identifies limited liability companies (LLCs) as a potential conduit for foreign contributions to domestic super PACs (political action committees).
- Candidates would be required to report “foreign contacts”
- New disclosure requirements for corporations
Companies that spend more than $10,000 in an election cycle must file detailed disclosures, including independent expenditures not related to the campaign.
- Monitoring of online political advertising
- Deportation of “aliens” who violate election laws
- Removal of IRS targeting restrictions
The bill appears to overturn restrictions on the IRS targeting of tax-exempt organizations and their donors, which were applied after the 2013 IRS scandal.
- Attacks on “Citizens United” and corporate free speech
- allowing gift cards and reimbursement for political donations
- allowing politicians to use campaign funds for personal use
- changing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to a partisan organization
- Changing conflict of interest rules to prohibit Donald Trump from running for president. Trump for President
37, change the FEC rules to require Trump (or other presidential candidates) to provide their tax returns
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