Democrats bid to change Senate rules if Republicans thwart voting rights reform

[pecksniff]

'Bout fucking time.

Democrats are seizing on this week’s anniversary of the deadly US Capitol riot to renew a push for voting rights legislation to safeguard democracy.

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Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced on Monday that the Senate will vote on changing its own rules on or before 17 January, the federal Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday, if Republicans continue to obstruct election reform.

The deadline appears part of a concerted effort to use Thursday’s commemorations, marking a year since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s election win, to give fresh impetus to the long-stalled legislation.

In a letter to Senate Democrats, Schumer argued that the events of 6 January 2021 are directly linked to a campaign by Republican state legislatures to impose voter restriction laws.

“Let me be clear,” the New York senator wrote. “6 January was a symptom of a broader illness – an effort to delegitimise our election process, and the Senate must advance systemic democracy reforms to repair our republic or else the events of that day will not be an aberration – they will be the new norm.

 

[GothTalk]

LOL

"If you don't give us what we want, we'll just change the rules so we can take it by force."

Voting rights reform....where (D)'z make it legal for the whole world to vote in US elections.


I hope they do it, make 2022 worse for yourselves, please.

 

[bellisarius]

Sen. Joe Manchin R WV.

 

[YDB95]

Voting rights reform....where (D)'z make it legal for the whole world to vote in US elections.

[Insert stock "YDB asks for a cite and BoBo links to a Democrat saying something else entirely" exchange here.]

 

[LittleDixie]

Remember, guys, democracy works.

If you can't get what you want through democracy, then just ignore it and do what you want anyway.

What are you guys going to say when you're not in the majority and this happens to you?

 

[ll74]

Remember, guys, democracy works.

If you can't get what you want through democracy, then just ignore it and do what you want anyway.

What are you guys going to say when you're not in the majority and this happens to you?

Have you looked at what is happening in multiple states?

If legislatures don't like the vote, they can overturn the results.
But thanks for bringing that up

The legislature should not have that power, I agree. Thankfully, that's part of the legislation to outlaw.


Sidenote- they should institute the talking filibuster. Make the minority work to block legislation.

 

[bellisarius]

Have you looked at what is happening in multiple states?

If legislatures don't like the vote, they can overturn the results.
But thanks for bringing that up

The legislature should not have that power, I agree. Thankfully, that's part of the legislation to outlaw.


Sidenote- they should institute the talking filibuster. Make the minority work to block legislation.

In what states did that happen?

 

[ll74]

Oh, and Democrats got a majority through democracy.

Hence why they can do what they want.

 

[ll74]

In what states did that happen?

Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Oannsylvania have all introduced legislation to replace election officials through legislature based on results

 

[LittleDixie]

Sidenote- they should institute the talking filibuster. Make the minority work to block legislation.

I agree with you here.

 

[bellisarius]

Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Oannsylvania have all introduced legislation to replace election officials through legislature based on results

So what you're saying is that no elections were overturned.

 

[Champakian]

So...



... are the Democrats now advocating for picture ID to vote?



Independents want to know.

 

[icanhelp1]

So what you're saying is that no elections were overturned.

I’m still wondering how insisting on voter ID is voter oppression unless (D)espicables want the illegal vote.

 

[Champakian]

EVERYONE knows that black people are denied picture ID
by systemic racism. EVERY liquor store clerk knows that!

 

[GothTalk]

[Insert stock "YDB asks for a cite and BoBo links to a Democrat saying something else entirely" exchange here.]

Nope.

Your wild support for open elections and open borders are all the proof I need.

 

[bellisarius]

EVERYONE knows that black people are denied picture ID
by systemic racism. EVERY liquor store clerk knows that!

Color photo's are RACIST!!!!!!

 

[Champakian]

More so than BLACK and WHITE???

 

[bellisarius]

More so than BLACK and WHITE???

Them too. ID's are RACIST!!!!!

 

[Champakian]

And I suppose Grayscale would be age discrimination...

 

[WillJ8787]

LOL

"If you don't give us what we want, we'll just change the rules so we can take it by force."

Voting rights reform....where (D)'z make it legal for the whole world to vote in US elections.


I hope they do it, make 2022 worse for yourselves, please.

Dems are in control right now, legal control....so suck it up and win some elections if you want to change it traitor.

 

[Champakian]

Y'all are dead set on losing one, so, by this time next year...,

y'all will be playing offense instead of defense and you are
a lot better at being offensive then this defensive gestalt
which Biden and Harris are not making easier for you
and don't get me started on Schumer and Pelosi...

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

So what you're saying is that no elections were overturned.

Correct. The presidential election results in those states were not overturned.

 

[ll74]

So what you're saying is that no elections were overturned.

I'm saying that legislators are working to create legislation which would allow them to overturn elections or have implemented such legislation.

 

[ll74]

I’m still wondering how insisting on voter ID is voter oppression unless (D)espicables want the illegal vote.

I'm still wondering how insisting on voter ID is needed when no data indicates 1. there's a problem with current requiremtns and 2. states that have implemented ID requirements haven't shown any improvement or change to integrity.

 

[ll74]

Correct. The presidential election results in those states were not overturned.

Not that Congressmen didn't try on January 6.