The real Democrat agenda has emerged in the halls of Congress, it’s far worse than we originally thought. They will ensure the GOP can never win another national election. Hans Von Spakovsky, an attorney and former FEC Commissioner is now tackling the progressive-socialist DNC’s new agenda of the century with the Heritage Foundation. Their goal: The Federal Government will rip control of our elections away from the States, one of the last vestiges of state-sovereignty, truly making all 50 State Governments completely subservient to Washington, DC.
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— Hans von Spakovsky (@HvonSpakovsky) January 21, 2021
Hans Von Spakovsky told OANN,
“This bill would be basically a federal takeover of the administration of elections. And the whole reason for that is so that they can frankly: manipulate the rules and make it easier to cheat. I mean another example of this is: this federal law would override and ban any State Voter ID law. Now the only reason for that is to decrease the security of the election process.”
OANN Host of Tipping Point, Kara McKinney also noted,
“And it also concerned me that I saw that this would also inhibit in many ways and restrict the states’ abilities to clean and purge their voter rolls as well.”
Constitutionally Questionable
The Constitutionality of this new package of election system shattering federal laws is highly questionable. While the US Constitution does provide allowances for Congress to “make or alter such Regulations” relative to “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives” under Article 1 Section 4, the new agenda would seem to run afoul of the 14th Amendment which handles apportionment of Representatives in the new laws requiring Independent Redistricting Commissions.
Quick Hits
Here are few quick highlights of the agenda behind House Resolution 1.
- Automatic Voter Registration Act
- “Democracy Restoration Act”- Automatically restores the right of convicted felons to vote once they’ve served their sentence overriding State restrictions with the justification that the number of convicted felons is statistically greater in minority groups. Forwarding the critical race theory agenda.
- “Voter Registration Efficiency Act”- Under 18 can register to vote, begins a pilot program to register all High School students over age 16.
- “Prohibiting Voter Caging”- Prevents States from cleaning their voter rolls through non-forwardable return notices and cross-referencing state moving databases. This is the most efficient way to keep the voter rolls accurate and prevent abuse.
- Voting By Mail Made National and Permanent with no restrictions.
- Requiring Congressional Redistricting To Be Conducted Through Independent State Commission.- Congress is seeking to rip away redistricting from the state legislatures. These commissions must meet a diversity standard. Another notch in the critical race theory agenda.
- Election Security Act- Requires all states to meet a uniform federal standard for voting machines.
- Recusal Of Presidential Appointees- This basically would REQUIRE recusals similar to AG Jeff Sessions recusing himself from President Trump’s first impeachment investigation.
- Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act- Governs the employment and contracting of a President and Vice President’s family and prevents their businesses from contracting with the Government.
- Presidential and Vice Presidential Tax Transparency- Requires Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates release their tax returns.
The Deeper Dive into The Agenda with Text from the Bill
- Automatic Voter Registration Act
- The right of an individual who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility at the time of the election.
- Democracy Restoration Act – Proactively restores the right of convicted felons to vote once they’ve served their sentence.
- The right of an individual who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility at the time of the election.
- Voter Registration Efficiency Act-
- A State may not refuse to accept or process an individual’s application to register to vote in elections for Federal office on the grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age at the time the individual submits the application, so long as the individual is at least 16 years of age at such time.
- The Election Assistance Commission (hereafter in this part referred to as the “Commission”) shall carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds during the one-year period beginning after the date of the enactment of this part to eligible local educational agencies for initiatives to provide information on registering to vote in elections for public office to secondary school students in the 12th grade.
- Prohibiting Voter Caging (Prohibits standard voter list maintenance through the most efficient means, a critical process for fair elections.)
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No State or local election official shall prevent an individual from registering or voting in any election for Federal office, or permit in connection with any election for Federal office a formal challenge under State law to an individual’s registration status or eligibility to vote, if the basis for such decision is evidence consisting of “(1) a voter caging document or voter caging list; “(2) an unverified match list; “(3) an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material to an individual’s eligibility to vote under section 2004 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (52 U.S.C. 10101(a)(2)(B)); or “(4) any other evidence so designated for purposes of this section by the Election Assistance Commission, except that the election official may use such evidence if it is corroborated by independent evidence of the individual’s ineligibility to register or vote. “
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- Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act” or the “SAVE VOTERS Act”.
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Verification On Basis Of Objective And Reliable Evidence Of Ineligibility.—
“(1) REQUIRING VERIFICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a State may not remove the name of any registrant from the official list of voters eligible to vote in elections for Federal office in the State unless the State verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in such elections
“(2) FACTORS NOT CONSIDERED AS OBJECTIVE AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the following factors, or any combination thereof, shall not be treated as objective and reliable evidence of a registrant’s ineligibility to vote:
“(A) The failure of the registrant to vote in any election
“(B) The failure of the registrant to respond to any notice sent under section 8(d), unless the notice has been returned as undeliverable
“(C) The failure of the registrant to take any other action with respect to voting in any election or with respect to the registrant’s status as a registrant.
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- Voting By Mail Made Permanent
- If an individual in a State is eligible to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, the State may not impose any additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of the individual to cast the vote in such election by absentee ballot by mail.
- Requiring Congressional Redistricting To Be Conducted Through Plan Of Independent State Commission.
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Use Of Plan Required.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in subsection (c) and subsection (d), any congressional redistricting conducted by a State shall be conducted in accordance with— (1) the redistricting plan developed and enacted into law by the independent redistricting commission established in the State, in accordance with part 2; or (2) if a plan developed by such commission is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan developed and enacted into law by a 3-judge court, in accordance with section 2421.
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- Makeup of Independent Redistricting Commissions…. Ensuring “Diversity”?
- ENSURING DIVERSITY.—In appointing the 9 members pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), as well as in designating alternates pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) and in appointing alternates to fill vacancies pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4), the first members of the independent redistricting commission shall ensure that the membership is representative of the demographic groups (including racial, ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic regions of the State, and provides racial, ethnic, and language minorities protected under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with a meaningful opportunity to participate in the development of the State’s redistricting plan.
- Establishes “National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions” The purpose of the Commission is to counter efforts to undermine democratic institutions within the United States.
- The Commission (or, on the authority of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof) may, for the purpose of carrying out this section, hold hearings and sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission considers advisable to carry out its duties.
- Not later than 18 months after the date of the first meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations to strengthen protections for democratic institutions in the United States as have been agreed to by a majority of the members of the Commission.
- Recusal Of Presidential Appointees- Reacting to President Trump’s objection to the recusal of AG Jeff Sessions, more of the Anti-Trump agenda run amok.
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Any officer or employee appointed by the President shall recuse himself or herself from any particular matter involving specific parties in which a party to that matter is—
“(A) the President who appointed the officer or employee, which shall include any entity in which the President has a substantial interest; or
“(B) the spouse of the President who appointed the officer or employee, which shall include any entity in which the spouse of the President has a substantial interest.
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- Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act- Another item on the agenda specifically reacting to the Trump Presidency and the false emoluments argument.
- Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and in each fiscal year thereafter, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for purposes of procuring goods or services at any business owned or controlled by a covered individual or any family member of such an individual, unless such obligation or expenditure of funds is authorized under the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976
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The President and Vice President shall, within 30 days of assuming office, divest of all financial interests that pose a conflict of interest because the President or Vice President, the spouse, dependent child, or general partner of the President or Vice President, or any person or organization with whom the President or Vice President is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment, has a financial interest, by—
“(1) converting each such interest to cash or other investment that meets the criteria established by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics through regulation as being an interest so remote or inconsequential as not to pose a conflict; or
“(2) placing each such interest in a qualified blind trust as defined in section 102(f)(3) or a diversified trust under section 102(f)(4)(B).
- Presidential and Vice Presidential Tax Transparency
- Not later than the date that is 15 days after the date on which an individual becomes a covered candidate, the individual shall submit to the Federal Election Commission a copy of the individual’s income tax returns for the 10 most recent taxable years for which a return has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service. This demonstrates a certain level of vindictiveness to the Democrats’ agenda, specifically targeting the actions of President Trump.
- Election Security Act- This is potentially the most damning piece of the hidden true agenda of this law, to ensure that a uniform system exists in every state that can be manipulated in a consistent fashion if they continue to use Dominion Voting Systems as the standard.
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The Commission shall make a grant to each eligible State—
“(1) to replace a voting system—
“(A) which does not meet the requirements which are first imposed on the State pursuant to the amendments made by the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2021 with a voting system which does meet such requirements, for use in the regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office held in November 2022, or
“(B) which does meet such requirements but which is not in compliance with the most recent voluntary voting system guidelines issued by the Commission prior to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2022 with another system which does meet such requirements and is in compliance with such guidelines;
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