Just In: Democrat Senator Opposes Party's Efforts To Control Federal Elections
Sen. Joe Manchin III said Sunday he will not support the Democrats’ voting overhaul, delivering a likely death blow to the bill.
Mr. Manchin, a Democrat in deep-red West Virginia, said partisan efforts by either side to change how elections work will harden bitter divides, so he cannot support the House-passed “For the People Act” that would expand the federal footprint at the polls.
“Today’s debate about how to best protect our right to vote and to hold elections, however, is not about finding common ground but seeking partisan advantage. Whether it is state laws that seek to needlessly restrict voting or politicians who ignore the need to secure our elections, partisan policymaking won’t instill confidence in our democracy — it will destroy it,” Mr. Manchin wrote in The Charleston Gazette-Mail.
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