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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today introduced
West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner at a Senate Rules Committee
hearing, and both urged a rejection of the For
the People Act.
The bill would put the
federal government in charge of state elections, use federal dollars to
subsidize campaigns, politicize the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), and
prevent states like West Virginia from maintaining election integrity through various
safeguards like voter ID laws.
VIDEO:
HIGHLIGHTS:
SENATOR CAPITO INTRODUCES SECRETARY WARNER: “I want to thank our Secretary of State Mac Warner
for joining us today. He ran a flawless election in 2020 under difficult
situations for everybody. We had more people voting. We had no disputes to
speak of. I want to thank our Secretary of State for not only being a leader in
this area on mobile voting as well, but also for serving our country. He comes
from a long line of West Virginians and I’m proud to have him here with us
today.”
ON WHY A ONE-SIZE-FITS ALL APPROACH TO ELECTIONS WOULD
HURT STATES: “All of us want to have
the ability to participate in our elections and our democracy and great faith
in this, and not be disenfranchised. We’ve heard from Michigan and Indiana and
West Virginia that certain things are working in their states – great, if
things are working in their states we should keep doing that… We’ve tailored
the way we want to get new and energetic voters on our rolls and get rid of the
voters that are no longer eligible to vote.”
ON HOW THE BILL WOULD SUPPRESS THE VOTE OF MILITARY
MEMBERS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN WV:
“That would eliminate those folks’ ability to vote. We’re talking about
accessibility to voting and this eliminates our military out of our country and
certain folks with disabilities in our state to be able to vote at the most
convenient and technology-tested way.”
ON WEST VIRGINIA’S SUCCESS IN RUNNING ELECTIONS: “In the state of West Virginia in the 2020 election,
without this bill, you increased the number of voters by about 130,000 that
actually come to the polls.”
ON THE BILL CHANGING THE FEC FROM NONPARTISAN TO MAJORITY
RULED: “I cannot believe that 3 out
of the 5 witnesses thinks that it’s a good idea to take a nonpartisan FEC and
politicize it and make decisions about elections when you can use your majority
vote to ram anything through. That to me is a major red flag in this
legislation.”
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