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Facebook Post Misleads on H.R. 1’s Proposal on Voter Rolls

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Democrats say their bill, H.R. 1, the For the People Act, would expand voter access in federal elections. But a Facebook post falsely claims the legislation would prevent the removal of dead people from voter rolls. The bill doesn’t say that, and existing federal legislation requires states to remove names of the deceased from voting lists.


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Responding to around the country to tighten voting regulations in their states, Democrats in Congress are seeking to expand

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