{"id":7942,"date":"2022-10-27T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/new-report-extremists-plot-to-nationalize-voter-suppression-2023-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T12:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:54:28","slug":"new-report-extremists-plot-to-nationalize-voter-suppression-2023-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ar\/press\/new-report-extremists-plot-to-nationalize-voter-suppression-2023-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Extremists\u2019 Plot to Nationalize Voter Suppression: 2023 and Beyond \u00a0"},"template":"","class_list":["post-7942","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"A new report from Common Cause, \u201cExtremists\u2019 Plot to Nationalize Voter Suppression: 2023 and Beyond,\u201d examines a new wave of anti-voter bills that have been introduced by Republicans in Congress representing an attempt to nationalize voter suppression. These extremist bills have largely been ignored by the public and the media, but should Republicans gain control of the U.S. House or Senate, these bills would represent a serious threat to the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[149,169,2066,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"A new report from Common Cause, \u201cExtremists\u2019 Plot to Nationalize Voter Suppression: 2023 and Beyond,\u201d examines a new wave of anti-voter bills that have been introduced by Republicans in Congress representing an attempt to nationalize voter suppression. These extremist bills have largely been ignored by the public and the media, but should Republicans gain control of the U.S. House or Senate, these bills would represent a serious threat to the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.\r\n\r\nThese federal bills trade on the same thoroughly debunked Big Lie that state legislators used as cover to introduce more than 400 anti-voter bills<\/a> after the failed insurrection on January 6\u0630<\/sup>. Several dozen of those state bills have become law making it harder for many Americans to vote, particularly in Black and Brown communities. The proposed federal legislation represents the same threat to representative democracy, but on a national level.\r\n\r\n\u201cInstead of silencing voters on a state-by-state basis, members of Congress introducing these anti-voter bills may try to disenfranchise certain voters in one fell swoop,\u201d \u0648\u0642\u0627\u0644\u062a \u0633\u064a\u0644\u0641\u064a\u0627 \u0623\u0644\u0628\u0631\u062a\u060c \u0645\u062f\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0635\u0648\u064a\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 "\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0634\u062a\u0631\u0643\u0629"<\/strong>. \u201cThe bills are an attempt to harness the Big Lie in order to pass legislation that allows politicians to choose who can vote and who can\u2019t vote in our elections. The January 6th Committee\u2019s vital work exposed the conspiracy built on lies by Trump and his inner circle to undermine Americans\u2019 faith in our elections and to provoke an armed, racist mob to storm the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. We must prevent those lies from being weaponized in Congress in order to attack our democracy from within.\u201d\r\n\r\nVeiled behind patriotic-sounding names, these bills undermine the freedom to vote in the U.S. They make it harder for Americans to register to vote, harder to cast a ballot, and harder to fund and administer our elections.\r\n\r\nSome of the most egregious bills introduced by congressional Republicans so far include legislation to:\r\n