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Resolution in Support of the For the People Act (HR1/SR1)

Whereas the right to vote, fundamental to our democracy, was been eroded by the 2013 Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder, striking down Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which required states and counties to obtain federal preclearance prior to the enactment of any changes to their voting laws or practices; and

Whereas these rights were further threatened by the July 2021 Supreme Court ruling upholding two Arizona laws that impose restrictions on voting, one requiring election officials to discard ballots cast at the wrong precinct and another prohibiting people from collecting ballots and delivering them to polling places; and

Whereas GOP controlled state legislatures have passed 28 new laws in 17 states restricting access to voting as of June 21, 2021, with at least 389 more restrictive acts introduced in 48 states in the 2021 legislative session; and

Whereas the Constitution gives Congress authority to regulate voting rights in Section 5 of the 14th Amendment giving Congress full power to adopt appropriate legislation to ensure that the privileges and immunities of federal citizenship are to be uniform, and not subject to abridgment by the states; as well as Article 1, Section 4 which gives Congress the authority to regulate congressional elections, overriding state laws; and

Whereas the GOP has twice blocked debate of the For the People Act in the Senate, in 2019 when then Majority Leader McConnell blocked the bill from moving to a vote and in 2021 when the filibuster was used to block a vote; and

Whereas the For the People Act contains the necessary provisions to secure voting rights, election security, campaign finance reform, end gerrymandering and restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Therefore, We, the Democratic Central Committee of Douglas County, Oregon, resolve as follows:

We exhort the Congress and President Biden to pass the For the People Act before the end 2021, using whatever Constitutional or parliamentary tools are available, up to and including ending the filibuster or changing rules to allow the Senate to override a standing rule by a simple majority, rather than the two-thirds supermajority normally required to amend Senate rules (the “nuclear option”).

Resolution as submitted by the Platform and Resolutions Committee ­­­­Adopted by the Democratic Party of Douglas County as approved by the Douglas County Central Committee on 28 day of August, 2021.

Recommendation: Endorse with Action:

Letters to the Editor

Send to Biden, Harris, Wyden, Merkley, DeFazio (along with resolution re John Lewis Voting Act)

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