The Facts About H.R. 1—the For the People Act of 2021

From Heritage.org (Feb. 21, 2021):

The Issue

H.R. 1 federalizes and micromanages the election process administered by the states, imposing unnecessary, unwise, and unconstitutional mandates on the states and reversing the decentralization of the American election process—which is necessary for protecting our liberty and freedom.

The bill interferes with the ability of states and their citizens to determine qualifications for voters, to ensure the accuracy of voter registration rolls, to secure the integrity of elections, to participate in the political process, and to determine the district boundary lines for electing their representatives.

What H.R. 1 Would Do:

• Seize the authority of states to regulate voter registration and the voting process by forcing states to implement early voting, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, online voter registration, and no-fault absentee balloting.
• Make it easier to commit fraud and promote chaos at the polls through same-day registration, as election officials would have no time to verify the accuracy of voter registration information and the eligibility of an individual to vote and could not anticipate the number of ballots and precinct workers that would be needed at specific polling locations.
• Hurt voter turnout through 15 days of mandated early voting by diffusing the intensity of get-out-the-vote efforts; it would raise the cost of campaigns. Voters who vote early don’t have the same information as those who vote on Election Day, missing late-breaking developments that could affect their choices.
• Degrade the accuracy of registration lists by requiring states to automatically register all individuals (as opposed to “citizens”) from state and federal databases, such as state Departments of Motor Vehicles, corrections and welfare offices, and federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration, the Department of Labor, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services. This would register large numbers of ineligible voters, including aliens, and cause multiple or duplicate registrations of the same individuals and put federal agencies in charge of determining a person’s domicile for voting purposes (as well as that individual’s taxing state).

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Should be called “For the DNC Act” since it helps the Dems more than it makes the system better.

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• H.R. 1 Threatens Our Democracy
• Democrats Unleash ‘Monster’ Voting Reform Bill
• 20 state AGs denounce Democrats' HR 1 as unconstitutional
• House Democrats Vote to Nullify, Nationalize State Election Laws
• Let’s Be Clear: ‘For the People Act’ Would Benefit Leftist Politicians, Not the People
• ‘Written In Hell By The Devil Himself’: Sen. Mike Lee Says HR1 Bill Will Allow Democrats To ‘Remain In Power For Decades’
  
• HR 1 Would Allow Federal Micromanagement of State Elections, Ohio Secretary of State Says
  
• Hans von Spakovsky: HR1/For the People Act imperils free and fair elections. Here are the worst 8 parts
  
• How the Media Distorts Debate and Details of HR 1