In the impression of the last US election, Joe Biden is campaigning for a change in the electoral law.
He chose a historic day for his arrangement.
Washington, DC - US President Joe Biden wants to change US suffrage: "Every eligible voter should be able to vote".
What sounds like a matter of course, was a hurdle for many voters in the past 2020 presidential election. Many Republican-led states have to put up with the accusation that, among other things, they have tailored constituencies in such a way that the Democrats are disadvantaged.
There are also often not enough polling stations there, so that many citizens are put off by long distances and waiting times.
Joe Biden: Law will "fix and strengthen democracy"
The “For the People” law would expand the possibilities for voting by post, automate voter registration, prohibit partisan reallocation of electoral districts and make new requirements for so-called black money donations to political groups.
In the Senate, which the draft would also have to pass, there is a stalemate between Democrats and Republicans.
So far there has been resistance to Biden's order, mainly from the Republican side.
The
Los Angeles Times
reports that for Republicans, the law is "state interference in the conduct of elections in each state."
Another order that Joe Biden has now signed requires all federal agencies to examine ways to improve electoral practice.
Voters in particular: voting should be made easier for people with disabilities or prisoners.
The president said the law would "fix and strengthen democracy".
Joe Biden promotes electoral reform on Bloody Sunday Memorial Day
US President Joe Biden chose a historic day to promote electoral reform.
56 years ago, police suppressed the civil rights march at the bridge in Selma, Alabama.
The activists called for full voting rights for the African American population.
On March 7, 1965, police attacked the peaceful protest march, and the brutality of the authorities shook American society.
The "Bloody Sunday" caused a rethink.
Soon afterwards, Congress signed a law guaranteeing African Americans their voting rights.
On the 56th anniversary of the crackdown on the civil rights march, President Joe Biden signed the order "to make it easier for voters to register and improve access to voting," Biden said on Sunday.
“If you have the better ideas, you have nothing to hide.
Let the people vote, ”the president continued.
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jjf / AFP
)