Top Dems: GOP's monster voter suppression bill is 'dead on arrival'
Democrats and pro-voting advocates reacted with outrage and unwavering opposition after House Republicans unveiled the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act — a sweeping proposal that would dramatically restrict voting access and remake federal elections in ways critics say are designed to suppress turnout.
The measure, introduced by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), Chair of the House Administration Committee, goes far beyond the already restrictive SAVE Act, which passed the House last year and focuses on requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.
The new proposal adds a strict ID requirement to cast a ballot, mandates aggressive voter roll purges, creates a centralized voter database, bans universal vote-by-mail, bars states from counting ballots that arrive after Election Day and makes it easier to sue election officials — changes opponents say amount to a full-scale attack on the right to vote.
“It’s a dead-on-arrival bill. They know it,” Jeffries said during a press conference. “Voter suppression is part of the Republican plan to try desperately to hold on to power. Republicans don’t want a free and fair election because they know when that happens, they’re going to lose.”
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