37 Things to Know About H.R. 1, ‘For the People Act’

Joel B. Pollak 4 Mar 2021

House Democrats passed H.R. 1, the so-called “For the People Act,” on Wednesday. The bill would radically change American democracy, nationalizing elections and making permanent changes to voting rules that would virtually ensure Democrats never lose another election.

The bill is 791 pages long — a massive piece of legislation, adopted with little examination or debate. Some provisions — like expanding access for voters with disabilities, improving election security, and ensuring that all voting machines use in U.S. elections are also manufactured in the U.S. — are uncontroversial. Others are potentially explosive.

Here are 37 key points:

1. Federal control over congressional elections:.
   
2. Declaring that “States and localities have eroded access to the right to vote”:
3. Restricting challenges to H.R. 1 to the federal court system in D.C.:
4. Automatic and online voter registration: 
5. Protection for illegal aliens who are registered to vote:
6. Changing personal information at polling places:
7. Same-day voter registration:
8. Preventing states from purging ineligible voters from rolls:
9. Registration for minors (under 18):
   
10. Prohibiting the publication of misleading information:
11. Reducing prison funds to states unless they register ex-convicts to vote: 
12. Mandatory early voting: 
13. Nationwide vote-by-mail, without photo ID:
14. Unlimited “ballot harvesting”:
15. Allowing 10 days for ballots to be accepted after Election Day: 
16. Paying for postage for mailed ballots:
17. Prohibiting state election officials from campaigning in federal elections:
18. Creating “Campus Vote Coordinators” at colleges and universities: 
19. Gutting photo ID requirements:
20. Making absentee voter boxes available for 45 days:
    
21. Mandatory curbside voting:
22. Restoring federal supervision of states under Voting Rights Act: 
23. Encouraging statehood for DC, and representation for territories: 
24. Federal control of congressional district maps through “independent” commissions:
    
25. “National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions”:
26. New reporting requirements for companies:
    
27. Candidates required to report “foreign contacts”: “
28. New disclosure for corporations:  
29. Oversight of online political advertising:
30. Deportation for “aliens” who violate election laws:  
31. Removing restrictions on IRS targeting: 
32. Attacking Citizens United and free speech for corporations:  
33. Gift cards and reimbursements for political donations:
34. Allowing politicians to use campaign funds for personal use:
35. Changing the composition of the FEC to become partisan:
36. Changing conflict of interest rules to bar Donald Trump from running:
37. Changing FEC rules to require Trump (or other presidential candidates) to provide their tax returns:)

To Read More........Much More.......All or most of which is blatantly illegal or clearly unconstitutional; at least until we entered the post Constitution era. RK