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There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like

Posted on AllSides February 2nd, 2022
From The Left
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Earlier this year, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called a targeted effort by some senators to reform the election certification process that former President Donald Trump attempted to hijack on Jan. 6, 2021, "unacceptably insufficient and even offensive."

Schumer wanted to go bigger.

He wanted to focus on much more expansive voting rights legislation, known as the Freedom to Vote Act, which would have overhauled essentially everything about the American election system: when and where Americans could cast a ballot, how they contribute to political campaigns and how states draw their political lines.

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https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1076938812/there-are-election-reforms-that-both-democrats-and-republicans-seem-to-like

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