Manchin's voting rights bill sure looks way better than nothing.

[LAS14]

a proposal that would make Election Day a holiday, ban gerrymandering, mandates at least 15 consecutive days of early voting and institutes a voter ID requirement that includes a utility bill as an alternative.

What is it missing?

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. A ban on dark money, universal mail in voting, and looser voter ID requirements.

But, I agree, it looks better than what we had a week ago.

Blocking partisan gerrymandering alone is HUGE, and would likely result in Dems keeping the house.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Well he will need to evolve in the filibuster to get it through

[Bettie]

5. It is a good base

from there, we can build on it over time.

[unblock]

6. Not sure a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering will survive a court challenge

Not clear to me but I don't care for our chances with this Supreme Court....

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. HR1 was crafted specifically to survive court challenges, including gerrymandering restrictions. Nt

[LakeArenal]

3. If you believe that we can get everything now....

This is a pretty great step.

Doesn’t mean we stop working towards the other things.

Let Manchin be the hero (in his own mind) he thinks he is and when it turns out really popular for him he’ll loosen the grip the GOP has on him.

[aocommunalpunch]

18. No, he won't.

He’s not about feeling good, he’s about getting paid. His donors call the shots.

[LakeArenal]

19. I think he wants both. There isn't a politician without self promotion.

Paid or not.

[Towlie]

4. He's missing a way to make it actually happen - a way to get rid of the filibuster.

 
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/16/manchin-proposes-compromise-on-voting-bills.html

He supports a narrower bill, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, but says he doesn't believe the filibuster rules should be changed to pass it despite opposition of most Republicans.

[uponit7771]

7. Hopefully McConnell gives him cover so he can say RushPublican party isn't being obstructionist

... and no other way but to go through filibuster change but keep whole filibuster.

[SharonClark]

9. Well said.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Listen to the leaked audio

Manchin says he supports a change to filibuster rules to require the minority to hold the floor (keep talking), with 41 senators in the chamber.

That is HUGE, it means Republicans would have to live in DC, never leave town for recess, and rotate in 9 senators to relieve the other 41 for bathroom, meal and sleep breaks in order to block a floor vote on a bill.

[SharonClark]

8. Ballot lock box locations based on population?

Sufficient voting locations?
Shorter wait lines?
Allowing ballot gathering?
Automatic voter registration at DOT?
Making it illegal to distribute erronous voting information?
Allowing students to register and vote in college towns?
Allow any utility bill or bank statement as an voter ID alternative.

Any of those in Manchin's compromise?

As a traveler, I liked Iowa allowing early voting for 4 weeks which the Iowa GQP has shrunk to two weeks. Now, I have to plan my travel around their desire to suppress my vote.

[StarfishSaver]

13. You should read his propoaal

[Demsrule86]

16. The choice is Manchin's plan or nothing. I choose Manchin's plan...imperfect"? Perhaps...

but there is some good stuff in the compromise.

[CousinIT]

12. And the ban on dark money as well as a ban on legislatures overturning results?

Is there anything about that in his version?

[Demsrule86]

15. You couldn't ban dark money...the courts would overturn it.

They already overturned campaign finance once already. We take what we can get.

[Demsrule86]

14. It is a great start...politics is the art of compromise.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. This is a good start and is better than nothing

[LakeArenal]

20. It's a lot better than nothing.