S2924, also known as the “VOTES Act,” adopts several changes to state election law, including permanent early voting by mail, reinforcement of automatic voter registration, and municipal discretion over the staffing of both non-local poll workers and local police officers.
The Senate passed S2924 on June 9, 2022, by a vote of 37 to 3. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill’s universal voter registration and unsolicited vote-by-mail application schemes, among its other provisions, enable electoral fraud, which disenfranchises eligible voters. States should instead exercise their authority, under Article 1, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution, to implement free, fair, and secure elections, protecting the right of American citizens to vote.