The bill, also named H.R. 1, passed the Democrat-controlled House on Wednesday on a largely party-line vote of 220-210, with all Republicans voting against it.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the only House Democrat to cast any vote, explained to The Epoch Times that his opposition was driven by constituents who were against the redistricting portion of the bill as well as the section on public finances.
The Biden administration, which has strongly pushed for the bill, praised its passage, stating the legislation is “urgently needed to protect the right to vote and the integrity of our elections, and to repair and strengthen American democracy.”
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But Rokita told Breitbart News on Friday that H.R. 1 is problematic because it “basically codifies everything that was irregular or outright wrong or the opportunities for fraud during last year’s election and makes it the law of the land.”
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The controversial election reform package, which spans nearly 800 pages, seeks to impose requirements on voting procedures across the entire country. Its provisions include transferring authority over how elections are administered from states to the federal government, mandating automatic voter registration in all 50 states, and legalizing nationwide vote-by-mail without the need to provide photo ID to obtain an absentee ballot.
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“It takes out the balance between integrity and accountability and access to polling places,” Rokita noted.
An additional provision would do away with witness signature or notarization requirements for absentee ballots and would force states to accept absentee ballots received up to 10 days after Election Day.
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“H.R. 1 makes photo ID illegal in the United States,” Rokita further stressed. “Meanwhile, it mails out live ballots to everyone on the voting list—alive or dead—and it makes it much more difficult for states to take dead people off the voting rolls, to take people who moved away off of voting rolls.”
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Biden has revealed that he would sign the bill into law if it reaches his desk, which may be a tall order as the proposed legislation would require 60 votes to overcome the Senate filibuster, meaning 10 Republicans would need to buy in.
Republicans have roundly denounced the bill, with governors and state legislators across the country saying it would kneecap election integrity efforts.
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New York’s election debacle reveals H.R. 1’s real-world consequences. The Hill writes that If you weaken election oversight, fail to protect ballot integrity, and force unfunded mandates on our communities like this bill does, the errors exposed in my race won’t be the exception, they will become the new norm. Republicans and Democrats alike have concluded that the mistakes made in New York’s 22nd District likely replicated themselves in contests throughout the state.
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