The Obama administration has appointed a bipartisan presidential commission with the stated purpose of recommending changes in election procedures supposedly to streamline our elections. No fewer than five bills to increase federal control over American elections have been filed in the 113th Congress. Even a cursory review of the five bills already proposed reveals an unconstitutional federal power grab over American elections. If these measures are passed, they would also result in a drastic reduction in the remaining electoral safeguards left in at least some of the states.
The bills submitted so far:
• HR 50 — Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early Voting Act of 2013 (SIMPLE) submitted by George Miller (D-Calif.).
This bill would force the states to implement early voting.
• HR 280 — Same Day Registration Act of 2013 submitted by Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
This bill would force the states to implement same-day voter registration.
• HR 281 — Voter Access Protection Act of 2013 submitted by Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
This bill would repeal all state laws that require photo ID for voting.
• HR 289 — Value Our Time Elections Act of 2013 (VOTE) submitted by James Moran (D-Va.).
This 50-page bill would expand the already unconstitutional Election Assistance Commission (EAC) gradually making it the federal bureaucracy that runs America’s elections.
It would force the states to implement Internet voter registration and even allow digital signatures in voter registrations. It would also mandate that the states implement automatic voter registration, which is dangerously on the path to universal voter registration.
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