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>What is it
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Strengthens federal oversight of elections. Will require federal pre clearance of certain state/local election laws.

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>Why does it matter
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After the supreme court decided Shelby county vs Holder, a bunch of states went to work putting in hurdles to make voting more difficult for some populations. This bill would effectively reverse the Shelby county decision making it more difficult for states/counties to implement discriminatory voting rules.

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>Why isn't it happening
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Even though it has wide public support, it needs 60 senate votes to pass. Republicans won't allow that because more open voting is bad for their health.
The senate rules could be changed to get it done with just 50 votes, but some Dems are not on board (Manchin and sinema, and I suspect a handful of others who are keeping quiet)


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>What it means other than the Democrats have failed nationally
>and on a state level
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After the 2020 election, some places have gotten a lot more aggressive with their election rule changes. The fear is if it goes unchecked for long, there'll be no coming back. With the tools to effectively choose the voters, Republicans can simply entrench themselves in power indefinitely.

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