Alaska senators oppose voting rights bill, signal support for narrower move

Alaska’s two U.S. senators voted Wednesday againstthat Democrats and civil rights leaders said would strengthen access to voting and make elections more fair across the country.

That bill is comparatively more narrow — designed to address a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that made it harder for the federal government to block racially discriminatory voting laws and redistricting proposals. “We have devolved into a debate over voting rights versus voting rules. And you got part of the country that thinks this bill is about protecting the right to vote. Another part believes that this bill will do nothing but undermine it,” Murkowski said Wednesday on the Senate floor. “Both sides are now set to cast doubt on elections if they don’t win.”“A federal power grab in terms of elections is not what’s needed,” Sullivan told the Anchorage Daily News on Wednesday.

Alaska law allows for 15 days of early in-person voting. The state is one of 44 and Washington D.C., to offer early in-person voting, with the average number of early in-person voting days clocking in at 23, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Ugh. I hate the Senators not representing all of us, and only their own party.

nhighlands7 We need Republican votes. Call or email your Republican Senators!

Signal support? ...there's that kabuki theater again. And the new ADN hire swallowed it like so many ADN reporters before.

Murkowski trying to ensure she can still get a few conservatives to vote for her. She's delusional if she thinks they'll go against trump.

If she wants those 'second choice' votes she MUST change. Start your day with a phone call to her! Her phone number is 202-224-6665.

Does anyone with good sense expect anything less from these two assclowns?! In a land full of high, drunk and oppressed people, what are they worried about? LET THEM VOTE.

Shameful behavior from Alaska's Senators. Murkowski knows better and Ohio Dan should go tf home to Ohio and stop fucking up Alaska.

And they will continue this until we fix it.

Not surprised. Sickened by it all. Those 2 bring us much shame.

lisamurkowski SenDanSullivan Shame on you both!

Their vote is not their own. They do as they are told.

pdougherty Disgusting

They embarrass me

The narrow bill to change Electoral Vote count does NOTHING for voter rights. Murkowski saying she couldn't vote for the bill today because it wasn't bipartisan is so cyncial as her vote would make it bipartisan. Easy for her to vote yes this fall when it didn't make a difference

worthless

'Voting rights'? Ridiculous made up problem to cautify Democrats cheating skeem.

Good job senators voting against the Vote Stealing Bill. Loser Dems couldn’t get their own party to vote for it. Womp, womp.

Chicken shit ways of saying they are voting strict party line, regardless what happens to American’s rights. Rank Choice vote them off the ballot when it’s their turn.

Traitors!

Each one of them need to be voted OUT!

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