With A Split Congress, Democrats Are Taking Their Election Takeover Scheme To The States
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After failing to orchestrate a federal takeover of state election administration two years ago, Democrats are back with their newest strategy to seize control of America’s electoral process.
In blue state legislatures, leftists are working to advance election bills that seek to dramatically overhaul state elections by enshrining Democrat-backed voting practices into law. The widespread effort is an attempt to implement national Democrats’ HR 1 policies in states across the country.
Deceptively labeled the “For the People Act,” HR 1 was a bill supported by congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden during the early months of 2021. The legislation was a concentrated bid by Democrats to cement many of the unsecure practices used throughout the 2020 election into federal law and allow the federal government to oversee and control the electoral process.
With Republican control of the House of Representatives nullifying HR 1’s prospects of passage for at least the next two years, Democrats at the state level have taken it upon themselves to advance some of the bill’s core objectives in their respective legislatures.
In New Mexico, where Democrats enjoy trifecta control, leftist politicos are working to ram through HB 4 before the end of the 2023 legislative session.
Further north, Minnesota Democrats have also been busy concocting their own takeover of state and local election administration since taking trifecta control of the state government in the 2022 midterms. Among the bevy of Democrat election bills put forward this legislative session is HF 3, which would create an automatic voter registration system and allow Minnesota residents as young as 16 years old to pre-register to vote.
Other states where Democrats are advancing leftist-backed election policies include Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, among others.
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