Mountain State Times

Manchin provides familiar obstacle to Senate version of John Lewis Voting Rights Act

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 8, 2021

The Senate version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Senate Bill 4, faces the same impasse on the floor as earlier versions of the Democrats’ other sweeping election initiatives, which is moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) – the only Senate Democrat who has not signed on as co-sponsor of the bill.

Manchin proposes national voter ID requirement in revised version of election reform bill

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 12, 2021

Proposed changes by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) to sweeping election legislation (House Resolution 1 and Senate Bill1) being pushed by congressional Democrats has failed to make final passage of the bill any more likely, according to Republican critics.

Manchin restates opposition to 'overtly politicized' federal takeover of nation’s election laws

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 8, 2021

In a recent commentary, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, reiterated his opposition to what he views as federal seizure of the states' authority to establish their own election laws, the so-called For the People Act embodied in House Resolution 1 and Senate Bill1.