A new report from CommonCause warns that 'congressional Republicans have introduced more than 30 anti-voter bills that have largely gone unnoticed' in a bid to codify voter suppression nationwide.
"These anti-voter bills telegraph what some Republicans in Congress would like to do: make it harder for certain Americans to vote," Common Cause says in the new report.The advocacy group Common Cause warned Thursday in a new report that U.S. congressional Republicans are introducing dozens of bills that, if the GOP regains control of Congress after the midterm elections, pose a"serious threat to the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.
"Although significant attention has focused on the more than 400 anti-voter bills that have been introduced in state legislatures since the insurrection, some federal bills making it harder to vote also portend a dangerous trend," the report states, noting that since the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters,"congressional Republicans have introduced more than 30 anti-voter bills that have largely gone unnoticed.
According to the report,"some of the most egregious bills introduced by congressional Republicans so far include legislation" that would:Prohibit states from counting a ballot cast in a federal election if it is received by the state after the date of the election, regardless if the ballot was completed and mailed by Election Day;Prohibit states from providing absentee ballots to many voters; Block many Americans from no-excuse absentee voting;Significantly curtail the Election...