Democrats Plot A Federal Takeover Of Elections

Democrats Plot A Federal Takeover Of Elections

• Having failed to pass "Build Back Broke," Democrats are attempting to pivot to "voting rights" legislation, which is actually nothing more than a shameless partisan power grab.
• Democrats are pushing multiple elections bills in Congress, including the "Freedom to Cheat" Act and the "Election Suppression" Act, which are covered below in greater detail.
• Americans see through Democrats' election lies – Congress should continue to reject the far-left's efforts to take over American elections.
• By a wide margin, Americans support election integrity and common-sense reforms to secure elections.
  • By a 33 point margin , Americans believe that voting in their area is "easy" and want the main objective of any reforms to focus on making sure elections are "fair and free of voter fraud."
  • 81% of voters support for voter ID laws, and support among Black voters has risen by 13% just this year. 
  • 68%  of voters believe that state legislatures should decide the voting rules and regulations for their state, not the federal government.
  • 87%  of voters are against ballot harvesting and 71% of voters believe ballots should not be accepted after Election Day.
• Republicans stand firmly opposed to Democrat power grabs and remain committed to making it easier to vote and harder to cheat.

"Freedom to Cheat"

• "Freedom to Cheat" failed once in the Senate, and it will fail again.
• Democrats claim that this bill is about safeguarding democracy, but it's really a radical power grab over state-run elections. If passed, the bill would:
  • Thwart election integrity , manipulate state redistricting decisions, and slant elections to help Democrats win.
  • Eviscerate  commonsense state voter ID laws which  36 states have passed.
  • Force 37 states to adopt  automatic voter registration on short notice, even though past attempts to implement automatic voter registration have  led to illegal immigrants being registered and  massive registration errors. 
  • Lead to "large numbers of ineligible voters" being registered,  including non-citizens.
    • The RNC has filed lawsuits  in Vermont to stop non-citizens from voting, and may do the same with New York City.
  • Force 29 States to  adopt same-day voter registration.
    • Combined with eviscerating voter ID laws, this would make it easier to  commit voter fraud.
  • Force states to let violent felons vote  in federal elections as soon as they are out of prison – even if they have not completed all terms of their sentence, like probation or parole – an unconstitutional mandate .
  • Gift taxpayer dollars to the campaigns of career politicians.
• The bill includes  nearly the same campaign funding scheme from H.R. 1 , where taxpayers would provide up to a 600% match for political donations under $200.
  • For example, a $200 donation to a House candidate would garner a $1,200 match in  taxpayer funds for a total contribution of $1,400. This could put taxpayers on the hook for billions.

H.R. 4: The "Election Suppression" Act

• The "Election Suppression" Act would consolidate control over elections in Washington, DC, trampling on the right of states to effectively administer their own elections.
  • The "Election Suppression" Act would destroy commonsense, state-level election integrity reforms like those we've seen in Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
  • The "Election Suppression" Act is separate from Senate Democrats' other election bill, the "Freedom to Cheat" Act.
• The "Election Suppression" Act would eviscerate the right of states to manage their own elections with transparency and ballot-security safeguards. It would misuse the 1965 Voting Rights Act  called "pre-clearance" to achieve this goal. 
  • Democrats want to force states to get permission from Washington, DC to pass local laws which might, for example, require voter ID -- a policy which polls  consistently find  roughly 80% of Americans supporting. 
  • Joe Biden and Democrats want their politicized Department of Justice to control how states manage their own elections. 
  • Democrats are trying to revive an outdated, unconstitutional provision from the 1960s in their stop-at-nothing efforts to undermine election integrity. 
• The bill targets states who try to clean up voter rolls, handcuffing local officials who attempt to keep their voter lists up-to-date and accurate. 
  • For example, the bill would prohibit states from participating in an inter-state accountability process to ensure accurate lists. 
• The bill would also force federal courts to take inaccurate census data and subject every existing strict voter ID requirement to Department of Justice review. 
• Voters agree: states know best how to run their own elections.
  • 68% of voters believe that state legislatures should decide the voting rules and regulations for their state.
  • Democrats are showing a total disregard for state and local governments in their desperate attempts to gain power.

Courtesy of NCGOP.