Date: March 8, 2019
Subject: Weakening Election Integrity and Infringing Free Speech through the "For the Politicians Act"
Description: This bill attempts to improve chances of election victories for Democrats at the federal, state and local levels and is therefore better known as the For the Politicians Act rather than Rep. Sarbanes' (D-MD) misnomer, For the People. The bill's list of atrocities begins with disenfranchising legitimate voters and instead embracing voter fraud through same-day, online, and automatic voter registration. Next, the bill would erode voluntary political support under the First Amendment with a system that bribes voters with tax credits to contribute to publicly-funded campaigns. The bill would also seek greater federal control of speech by burdening political organizations and committees with myriad new campaign finance disclosure requirements while altering the Federal Elections Committee and overhauling redistricting processes to benefit Democrat politicians. Furthermore, the bill would prohibit citizens from voting for their preferred presidential candidate unless he or she discloses recent personal income taxes. And, finally, the bill's proponents saw fit to burden taxpayers and harm private employers by making Election Day a federal holiday. ACU opposes this partisan political ploy which infringes free speech and disenfranchises legitimate voters by increasing the risk of voter fraud.
Result: Bill Passed, 234-193
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