Editorial Board
Don’t Let This Voting-Rights Compromise Go to Waste
Joe Manchin’s alternative to the For the People Act leaves no excuse for Republican intransigence.
Democracy is at stake.
Photographer: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg
What’s one to make of the For the People Act, which had been stuck in the U.S. Senate for months and has now been killed by filibustering Republicans?
Ostensibly a voting-rights bill, the measure included a large number of far-reaching changes to the broader American electoral system. Many Democrats proclaimed it their top priority. Some characterized it as the last line of defense against “Jim Crow 2.”