Passage of Democrats’ top legislative priority—the massive registration and voting reform package, the ‘For the People Act of 2021’ —will prompt “a rush to the courthouse steps,” according to Jason Snead, Executive Director of the Honest Elections Project. “There are a number of constitutional infirmities and deficiencies that stem from its treatment of presidential and congressional elections identically, even though Congress has vastly reduced powers to regulate presidential elections under the Constitution,” Snead told reporters during a virtual news conference Wednesday. “There are problems under the 14th Amendment, for instance, when it comes to felon re-enfranchisement because the 14th Amendment clearly allows states to make determinations about whether someone is going to lose their voting rights when they commit a felony and are convicted,” Snead said. “There are problems with redistricting where, again, the Constitution says state legislatures have that power, but this bill compels by an act of Congress …
Critics Say Dems’ Election Reforms Will Prompt Flood of Constitutional Challenges
May 12, 2021
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