VOTING/ELECTION LAWS
U.S. FEDERAL HOUSE RESOLUTION
STANCE: OPPOSE
AUTHOR: Representative Sarbanes
SUMMARY: Expands the potential for voter fraud by requiring same-day registration, automatic voter registration for eligible individuals, the unsolicited sending of mail-in-ballots to all Native Americans on tribal lands, voter registration for sixteen-year-olds, fifteen days of early in-person voting, use of ballot drop boxes, and acceptance of all voter registration applications, while prohibiting states from requiring voter ID, penalizing non-citizens who vote, requiring more than a signature to verify a person’s eligibility to vote, and more.
READ HOUSE RESOLUTION: Click Here
STATUS: S.R. 1 (renamed when sent to the Senate) got blocked when Senate Republicans filibustered, denying it the 60 votes needed to advance the bill and start debate 6/22/21.
H.R. 1 Passed in the House 3/3/21.
HISTORY:
Introduced 1/4/21
Passed in the House 3/3/21
Blocked in the Senate 6/22/21
ARTICLES AND RESOURCES:
https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF21C14.pdf (Family Research Council)