The right to vote, Biden supports the amendment of the Senate regulations

President Biden has chosen Georgia, the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the speech. Senate Republican Majority Leader Chuck Schummer has set January 17, the day the United States honors Martin Luther King as the deadline to pass the voting law, or else seek a review of Senate voting rules.

A White House spokesman said President Biden would support amending the Senate regulations, which would allow the opposing party to block any law that lacks 60 votes, in order for the suffrage bill to be passed.

So far Democrats have not all been united in changing the Senate rules.

Activists defending the right to vote have expressed concern about a number of Republican-passed laws in states controlled by them, which activists say make the voting process more difficult.

Following the defeat of former President Trump in the election and after his attempts to overturn the results, in the absence of evidence of manipulation, the laws have been changed in 19 states.

Georgia, one of the defining states of the 2020 presidential election, was at the center of efforts to change the result, while in the middle of the vote count, President Trump asked a state election official to “find” enough votes to overthrow his loss.

Last year Republicans amended Georgia’s electoral laws, among other things, giving the State Electoral Commission the right to intervene in constituencies to replace election officials. This has added to concerns that the Republican-controlled commission could influence election officials and the certification process.

The bill prepared by the Democrats would create nationwide voting standards, thus repealing the laws of individual states.

But to pass the bill, which Republicans oppose, they must change the rules of voting in the Senate, the so-called “filibuster,” where 41 senators can block any bill. Republicans have 50 seats in the 100-member Senate.

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