Published 3 years ago

Senate to Vote on Voting Rights Proposal

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The Senate will vote on the Freedom to Vote Act next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. The legislation would make Election Day a legal public holiday, require same-day registration at all polling locations by 2024. It also contains the vast majority of the key voting provisions of the For the People Act, another piece of legislation designed to confront voter suppression.

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Yahoo News

Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill

Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting overhaul bill, testing objections from Republicans with a vote planned for next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday. In a letter to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans “must come to the table” to at least open debate on the bill. If the Republican senators have ideas “on how to improve the legislation, we are prepared to hear them, deb…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill

Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting overhaul bill

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Schumer says U.S. Senate to vote on election reform next week

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that the Senate will hold a procedural vote as early as next Wednesday on election reform legislation aimed at reversing state-level Republican voting restrictions. "We cannot allow conservative-controlled states to double down on their regressive and subversive voting bills," Schumer said in a "Dear Colleague"

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting overhaul bill, testing objections from Republicans with a vote planned for next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday.

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill

Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting overhaul bill

3 years ago·United States

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The Hill

Senate to vote next week on Freedom to Vote Act

The Senate will vote on the Freedom to Vote Act — Democrats’ pared down version of their For the People Act — next week, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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