Manchin said April 30 on WV MetroNews' " Talkline," a statewide radio show, that he would "vote no" on the bill "as it exists today." But he added that voting should be "accessible" and "secured," and that Congress should "put guardrails" if states are subverting that.Ī Pew Research Center poll last month found that some parts of the Democratic bill are popular, including provisions to automatically register eligible citizens to vote, guarantee two weeks of early voting and make Election Day a national holiday. "Regardless, there's several options Dems have to get the legislation to the floor and they'll continue to discuss the best path forward to get it done." 'Can't make any predictions'
"We'll see how the bipartisan talks go that some Democrats are working on," said a senior Democratic aide. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., say they won't vote to abolish. Even if Manchin comes aboard, they would have to find a way around the 60-vote filibuster rule, which he and Sen.
Forty-nine of the 50 Democratic members are cosponsoring it Joe Manchin of West Virginia is the lone holdout. His plan, the Voters' Access To Water Act, comes after Georgia made that practice illegal.ĭemocrats may have a majority in the Senate, but Republicans have the upper hand on the bill. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., plans to offer an amendment to ban states from restricting volunteers from giving food or water to Americans waiting in line to vote, as long as it's offered to all voters and that the individuals aren't engaging in political activity, his office said. Election experts are concerned about whether many states would be able to realistically implement the bill by the tight deadlines in the current version. Klobuchar's office, which gave NBC News a summary of the manager's amendment, said the modifications are based on feedback from local election officials. And a 15-day rule for early voting would be scaled back in jurisdictions of 3,000 or fewer registered voters and others that automatically send mail ballots.
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Same-day registration mandates would be eased for a few years to account for problems in rural areas.
Under Democrats' changes, automatic voter registration rules to add millions of Americans to the rolls would include waivers for extra time. The bill seeks to impose a national standard for voting rights, which Republicans decry as a partisan power grab to supersede state autonomy. GOP-led states like Texas, Florida and Georgia have advanced voting restrictions that President Joe Biden and other Democrats have compared to Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised nonwhite Americans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has made it a priority to kill the bill, is expected to participate in the committee, an aide said. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has promised floor consideration of the bill, known on Capitol Hill as S.1, after it goes through committee.ĭemocrats as well as Republicans are expected to offer other amendments, and aides are bracing for what could be days of markup.
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