Breaking Down H.R. 1 Federal Elections Bill Disaster

Breaking Down H.R. 1 Federal Elections Bill Disaster

Senior legal counsel for the Heritage Foundation, Hans von Spakovsky, breaks down H.R. 1, the federal elections bill that the Democrats are trying to push through Congress. It passed the House last week with only Democrats supporting it. 

The bill would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots, early voting, same-day voter registration, online voter registration, and automatic voter registration for any individual listed in state and federal government databases, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles and welfare offices, ensuring duplicate registrations and that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote.

States would be required to count every mail-in vote that arrives up to 10 days after Election Day. States must also allow ballot harvesting—where paid political operatives collect absentee ballots from places such as nursing homes—exposing our most vulnerable voters to coercion and increasing the risk that their ballots will be tampered with.

At the same time, state and local election officials would be stripped of their ability to maintain the accuracy of voter rolls, barred from verifying voter eligibility, and voter ID would be banned from coast to coast. CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO OPPOSE H.R. 1 - THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL DISASTER.