Congressman Mo Brooks To Vote Against H.R. 4, the Socialist Democrats' Latest Voter Fraud Enhancement Act

Washington, DC— While Americans remain stranded in Afghanistan, Socialist Democrats pursue a federal takeover of state elections. Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) will vote ‘No’ on H.R. 4.

Congressman Brooks stated, “The Socialist Democrats were dealt a blow when the Senate voted down H.R 1, the ‘Socialist Democrat Election Fraud Enhancement Act.’ Now, they seek to again undermine America’s election systems with H.R. 4, a bill that eliminates state safeguards that protect honest and accurate elections.”

Brooks concluded, “I will vote against H.R. 4 because it federalizes elections by giving election micromanaging power to federal bureaucrats. I will vote against H.R. 4 because, much like H.R. 1, it undermines America’s Republic and effectively turns our election results into what we so often see in North Korea, the old Soviet Union, Venezuela and any number of other pretend republics. Citizens can vote, but the election results are predetermined. In sum, H.R. 4 dishonors the American lives lost defending our right to vote and way of life.”

H.R. 4:

• Masquerades as a cure to end racial discrimination while instead centralizing election control to the federal government;
• Federalizes America’s election system by giving oversight power to unelected bureaucrats in Washington;
• Erodes state’s ability to oversee their election systems;
• Drives up taxpayer costs by requiring city, county and state legal petitions to seek federal permission to make even minor changes to election rules – even something as minor as moving a polling location across the street could require costly and time-consuming Department of Justice (DOJ) approval;
• Gives unelected DOJ officials the power to arbitrarily veto city, county and state election decisions without any just cause for the veto;
• Unconstitutionally expands the federal government’s ability to reject commonsense voting reforms enacted at the state level, such as requiring voter ID;
• Takes away states’ ability to oversee absentee voting, maintenance of voter rolls, polling locations, and hours of operation;
• Creates a more onerous formula for determining discrimination in voting rights than the one included in the original Voting Rights Act.

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