A Voting Rights Bill That Could Actually Pass

Rick Hasen writes that HR 1–the major Democratic voting rights and elections bill that already passed the House–likely wouldn’t pass in the Senate even if there were no filibuster.

“This mammoth bill has little chance of being enacted. But a more pinpointed law, including one restoring a key part of the Voting Rights Act, could make it out of the Senate to guarantee voting rights protections for all in the 2022 and 2024 elections.”

His four main tenets in such a “pinpointed” bill are:

1. Restore preclearance provisions of the VRA.
2. Voting rights protections like early voting periods.
3. End partisan gerrymandering with commissions.
4. Paper ballots and election security measures.