• Mitch McConnell says proposal is ‘rotten to the core’
• Manchin’s plan tries to attract bipartisan support in Senate

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Ian Millhiser of Vox explains that Joe Manchin’s compromise proposal on a voting rights bill includes some provisions that will likely irritate his fellow Democrats.

However, if it could become law, and that is big if with the Senate filibuster in place, it would mark a significant achievement for Democrats.

Manchin’s list includes many reforms drawn from the For the People Act as well as from a companion voting rights bill known as the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Significantly, Manchin endorsed banning partisan gerrymandering — a high priority for both small-d democrats and large-D Democrats, who want to prevent the GOP from seizing control of the House of Representatives with rigged congressional maps.

Not everything on Manchin’s list will delight his fellow Democrats. He proposes a nationwide voter ID law, for example, although not an especially strict one. And he wants states to be able to engage in ‘maintenance of voter rolls’— purging names from the state’s list of registered voters — using state and federal documents to identify which voters should be purged. …

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Barack Obama is also participating in a virtual town hall with his former attorney general, Eric Holder, on Monday.

The conversation will be focused on “the importance of getting involved in the redistricting process to strengthen our democracy and support Senate action on voting rights legislation”.

On Monday, I’m joining @EricHolder for a grassroots conversation with @AllOnTheLine to talk about why redistricting matters and how the Senate can help protect our democracy. Join us: https://t.co/gXAnHHIVlL

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Source: The Guardian