Voting right in the US, Biden seeks the passage of two new laws

President Biden defended the right to vote in free, fair and secure elections, free from party manipulation, and said that the way to guarantee these rights is to approve two draft proposals submitted by Democrats.

“The coming days, when these bills are put to the vote, will mark a turning point in this country.“, Announced the White House. In a Twitter post, President Biden later said, “history has never been good for those who have supported the oppression of voters in the face of the right to vote. And it will not be good for those who fail to protect the right to vote”.

But Republicans in Congress have strongly opposed the move, saying each of the 50 U.S. states should continue to set its own rules, including voting schedule, early voting time before the traditional November vote, and to what extent it is allowed. postal voting. In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Biden defeated former President Donald Trump after a single term in the White House. Biden won several states where voting time and schedules were extended by several days, postal voting was extended to limit the need for voters on election day to go to crowded polling stations during the pandemic. Democrats, through backed legislation by President Biden, want many of those changes to become permanent, including the November election this year, where votes are cast for the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and about a third of the Senate.

Numerous legislatures in Republican-controlled states restricted many of the changes passed last year for the 2020 election for fear Democrats would gain a permanent electoral advantage if the rules were left in place. Senate 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.

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