Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill despite unified Democratic support - ABC News

"What kind of Congress would we be in the whole history of Congresses if seeing that discussion out there we refuse to even debate the matter in here? Who are we and how are we to hide in a moment like this?" Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., asked his colleagues…

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-republicans-block-voting-rights-reform-bill-unified/story

Opinion | Manchin just got Republicans to admit their ‘election fraud’ concerns are nonsense - The Washington Post

…Sure, maybe Manchin was surprised by Republicans' knee-jerk rejection of his completely reasonable compromise. Another way to interpret last week's events is that Manchin slyly revealed Republicans' stated concerns about stolen elections — and their professed desire to work across the aisle — as the baloney they always were…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/21/manchin-just-got-republicans-admit-their-election-fraud-concerns-are-nonsense/

Republicans dig in and prepare to sink Democrats’ voting rights bill

…McConnell's forceful denunciation, making clear that no election reform bill has a chance of passage, suggests the futility of seeking bipartisanship with a Republican party openly committed to thwarting Democrats' legislative agenda…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/18/republicans-voting-rights-bill-democrats-congress

“Trump’s Fauci fetish.” (Pod Save America podcast)

Joe Manchin says he’s voting against the For the People Act, Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail to target Dr. Fauci, and a new Democratic analysis of 2020 offers the party advice on message and organization ahead of the midterms. Then journalist Kara Swisher talks to Jon Lovett about Facebook’s decision to ban Trump for two years.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-6gdgk-ececda7

Joe Manchin's "highly suspicious" reversal on voting bill follows donation from corporate lobby | Salon.com

…Americans for Prosperity, a group backed by billionaire Republican donor Charles Koch, has explicitly targeted Manchin in its pressure campaign to defeat the legislation even though their own data shows that provisions cracking down on dark money are highly popular, including among Republican voters…

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/10/joe-manchins-highly-suspicious-reversal-on-voting-bill-follows-donation-from-corporate-lobby/

Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century | The New Yorker

On a leaked conference call, leaders of dark-money groups and an aide to Mitch McConnell expressed frustration with the popularity of the legislation—even among Republican voters…

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century

Ted Cruz embarrasses himself with jaw-dropping misstep

https://youtu.be/-6yp5Jz9nVc

Opinion | Ted Cruz just sent a very important message to Joe Manchin - The Washington Post

… Republicans are implacably opposed not just to the particular items on the Democrats' legislative agenda but to the entire idea of allowing President Biden any meaningful legislative victories at all; their political interest lies in Biden being seen as a failure and Congress being seen as ineffectual. Therefore, the only way to achieve anything substantive and produce some measure of democratic responsiveness is to reform the filibuster so legislation can pass the Senate by simple majority...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/ted-cruz-just-sent-very-important-message-joe-manchin/

Weaponizing Trump’s Big Lie: Ari Berman on GOP’s War on Democracy & Voting

Extreme voting restrictions have advanced in several Republican-led states across the U.S., including in Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a sweeping voter suppression bill that will make it harder to vote by mail, limit ballot drop boxes, impose new voter ID requirements and criminalize giving food and water to voters waiting in line at polling places. Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman says these efforts are an extension of former President Trump’s “big lie” about voter fraud. “They’re trying to make it harder for Democratic constituencies to be able to vote in future elections, and they are trying to institutionalize voter suppression in a way that they couldn’t do in 2020,” Berman says. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, a key Senate panel is set to take up the sweeping voting rights and election overhaul bill known as the For the People Act.
https://youtu.be/HugZCUqBax8

Democrats change voting bill, HR1 - The Washington Post

…The legislation is meant to curtail state-level pushes to restrict voter access, such as the nationally controversial effort in Georgia, and President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) have all called the bill one of the Democratic Party's top legislative priorities…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hr1-voting-bill-changes/2021/05/05/d92a75de-adb2-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html

'Follow the Money': Corporations Gave $50 Million to GOP Lawmakers Behind Voter Suppression Onslaught | Common Dreams News

"No matter how many PR statements Big Business puts out, its complicity with the antidemocratic forces that want to make voting harder is clear."...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/05/follow-money-corporations-gave-50-million-gop-lawmakers-behind-voter-suppression

Why some Democrats are unhappy with the For the People voting rights bill - Vox

There's a debate over whether some of the For the People Act's provisions are misconceived...

https://www.vox.com/22346812/voting-rights-bill-hr1-for-the-people-act

Cartoon misleads about voter eligibility under HR 1 - PolitiFact

... The cartoon is wrong on the first two points: The legislation would allow 16-year-olds to preregister, but not cast ballots, and only eligible citizens can vote...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/facebook-posts/cartoon-misleads-about-voter-eligibility-under-hr-/

No, HR 1 would not allow the Boston Marathon bomber to vote from prison - PolitiFact

...If enacted into law, H.R. 1 would restore federal voting rights for felons only once they've completed their sentence and been released from incarceration. The Boston Marathon bomber is serving a life sentence and would not be allowed to vote from prison...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/charlie-kirk/no-hr-1-would-not-allow-boston-marathon-bomber-vot/

The ‘For The People Act’ And The Future Of Voting In America (The 1A)

This week, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote on a sweeping set of voting rights measures known as H.R. 1 or the “For the People Act.”

The bill includes measures like automatic registration for eligible voters, the elimination of voter ID requirements and the redrawing of district lines.

All of these measures are an attempt to expand access to voting — something at least one GOP attorney is on record as saying would be bad for the Republican party.

What does HR-1 mean for the future of voting in the U.S.? And what are its chances of making it to President Joe Biden’s desk?
Interview: 

https://the1a.org/segments/the-for-the-people-act-and-the-future-of-voting-in-america/

Fact-checking misleading attacks on the HR 1 voting rights bill - PolitiFact

...Opponents of a voting rights bill would have you believe that the legislation will allow murderers, teenagers, welfare recipients and immigrants in the country illegally to vote en masse — and that every American will now only cast ballots by mail. These attacks on the legislation are rife with misinformation...

https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/mar/05/fact-checking-misleading-attacks-hr-1-voting-right/

PolitiFact | GOP lawmaker misleads about HR 1 and removal of ineligible voters

H.R. 1 requires states to use "objective and reliable evidence" to remove ineligible voters.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/elise-stefanik/gop-lawmaker-misleads-about-hr-1-and-removal-ineli/

Pence continues to spread misinformation on 2020 election - CNNPolitics

...There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would have changed the outcome of the 2020 election, and Pence did not make any specific claims in his op-ed. Rather, the former vice president continued to promote the misinformation pushed by former President Donald Trump that led Trump supporters to storm the US Capitol as Pence joined the Senate to certify the election's results. ...

 https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/politics/mike-pence-false-claims-voter-fraud/index.html

Democrats eye national elections overhaul amid GOP crackdown - The Washington Post

... House Democrats poised to pass sweeping nationwide standards for voter access Wednesday just as Republican lawmakers in dozens of states move to restrict polling access after Donald Trump's November loss...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/voting-rights-battle/2021/03/02/3d213412-7af8-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

The parts of H.R. 1 you haven't heard about | TheHill

...To protect against foreign interference in elections, the For the People Act requires political campaigns—including super PACs—to disclose to the F.B.I. and the Federal Election Commission any offers of illicit campaign help from foreign governments. It levies hefty penalties for non-compliance. It also prohibits campaigns from sharing nonpublic campaign information like internal polling with foreign governments...

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/541222-the-parts-of-hr-1-you-havent-heard-about