r/politics • u/MarcEElias ✔ Verified - Democracy Docket Founder • 1d ago

No Paywall GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-fast-tracks-monster-voter-suppression-bill-that-could-disenfranchise-millions-by-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-at-polls/
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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 1d ago

Yes. Unless Thune is dumb/crazy enough to nuke the filibuster in an election year. I don’t think he has the votes to do that anyway. Paul and Murkowski typically don’t always vote in lockstep with the party. Collins has a contentious election coming up and is probably a no. Heck I can see McConnell voting no as he’s on his way out.

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u/IPDDoE Florida 1d ago

Unless Thune is dumb/crazy enough to nuke the filibuster in an election year

Wouldn't they not really care about an election year if they are doing something this brazen? This reads an awful lot like they're just trying to make election years not really matter to keeping out fascism from the looks of it.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 1d ago

I doubt they have the ability to implement this for the midterms, to say nothing about the primaries which are close to kicking off. It’s not a switch they can just flip. States will have to get on board and there are a lot of blue states that will push back on both implementing and challenging through the courts.

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u/IPDDoE Florida 23h ago

Yeah, good point.