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RandySF

(82,132 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 05:32 AM 11 hrs ago

House Republicans prepare full-court press for voting restrictions

The House is set to vote next week on a once-obscure elections bill that has now become a household name among hard-right activists and a major rallying point for an otherwise divided GOP.

The SAVE America Act, aimed at tightening voter registration standards, has a difficult path to enactment despite a no-holds-barred pressure campaign from the likes of President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk. Democrats are certain to filibuster the bill in the Senate, and it’s unlikely the GOP is ready to take extraordinary steps to overcome that hurdle.

But amid growing fears that their party is not doing enough to address Americans’ key concerns — rising prices chief among them — House GOP leaders and key senators have chosen to put the election security push at the center of their agenda.

The issue almost tanked a massive government funding package this week and threatened to extend a four-day partial government shutdown — until Trump intervened and ordered House Republicans to pass the bill without attaching the elections legislation.



https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/house-save-act-vote-filibuster-00768499

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House Republicans prepare full-court press for voting restrictions (Original Post) RandySF 11 hrs ago OP
They have no hope of actually winning elections C_U_L8R 9 hrs ago #1
The repukes will do everything legal and illegal to win this next election. It will be a knife fight in a phone booth mitch96 3 hrs ago #2
Gangs of New York Smackdown2019 3 hrs ago #3
Isn't that what election workers do? pwb 2 hrs ago #4

mitch96

(15,717 posts)
2. The repukes will do everything legal and illegal to win this next election. It will be a knife fight in a phone booth
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 01:42 PM
3 hrs ago

DON'T bring a butterknife...
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Smackdown2019

(1,343 posts)
3. Gangs of New York
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 01:54 PM
3 hrs ago

If we recall from the movie, 1864 election was a simple election... you just up election poll, make an X and get back in line with a new haircut... some may disqualify you just because they say your disqualified to vote.... sounds familiar????

I dont have a problem for rightful people to vote in ones elections.... just the defined "right people" is the key.....

Who are rightful people??? Law bidding adults.

Though, brainwashed individuals should be disqualified for they just follow orders and dont have a mind.



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