Dem-backed voting rights bill faces legal threat from 23 states: ‘Unnecessary but also unconstitutional’
District of Columbia | September 14, 2021
Dem-backed bill nearly certain to fail due to lack of GOP support, Senate filibuster
A coalition of 23 state attorneys general is sending a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday threatening to sue to prevent the implementation of a Democrat-backed voting bill should it become law. The group, led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, says H.R. 4, named the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, is “a misguided, clumsy, and heavy-handed effort to circumvent Supreme Court decisions, state sovereignty, and the will of the people.” The attorneys general in the letter rail against the fact the law would reestablish federal preclearance for state election laws and threaten to “aggressively” fight against it should it become law. “The bill, as introduced, would allow the United States Department of Justice to usurp the authority states rightly possess over their own elections, essentially federalizing the election system,” the letter says… (Excerpts from Fox News)