You won’t believe this

The For the People Act (also known as H.R.1) is a bill in the United States Congress intended to expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, limit partisan gerrymandering and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders.

It passed the House by a party-line vote with Democrats all voting in favor and Republicans against.

It  is far from good legislation.

One person with knowledge of the situation told me the Senate is just sitting on it hoping if they ignore it, it will go away.

It will require county election board secretaries to mail out an absentee ballot to every registered voter in the county with no way of making certain who actually casts the ballot.

It will allow voters to cast their ballot in any area or county they wish.

And if you’re not registered to vote on election day, no problem.

All a person has to do is walk in off the street sit down at a table and register.

No proof of identification needed.

Can you believe this?

How in the world can this even be legal?

Then he or she can move over to the next table and cast their ballot that very day.

The measure will require county election boards to be open 15 days prior to election day for in person absentee voting.

Fifteen days! Consecutively! Including weekends.

Each early voting polling place must allow at least 10 hours of voting each day and have uniform hours each day of early voting.

But wait, there’s more.

The measure prohibits denying the right to vote to someone convicted of a crime unless the individual is serving a felony sentence at the time of the election.

Precinct workers could be liable and face civil suits.

It’s putting quite a burden on county election board secretaries and their precinct workers.

It’s also opening up a can of worms for voter fraud and illegal casting of ballots.

Editor’s note: This measure is dead in the senate due to two Democratic Senators who are opposed to it. But Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced a very similar version as a Senate Bill late last week.