{"id":6468,"date":"2021-03-06T06:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=6468"},"modified":"2021-03-06T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:25:10","slug":"mail-in-voting-amendment-included-in-voting-rights-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2021\/03\/06\/mail-in-voting-amendment-included-in-voting-rights-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail-In Voting Amendment Included in Voting Rights Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/mainland_votingbillphoto-color\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=892%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"892,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mainland_votingbillphoto-color\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=640%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=640%2C479\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?w=892&amp;ssl=1 892w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>by Jim Bea Sampaga<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><\/strong>The \u201cFor The People\u201d Act, which advocates for better voting rights, recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and Hawaii-inspired mail-in voting amendment was included, according to Congressman Ed Case.<br><br>\u201cOur \u2018For The People\u2019 Act is a truly revolutionary bill that will implement many of the most critical government reform efforts we need to get government working for the people again,\u201d said Case, noting that the bill will address voter suppression, simplified voting, election security and such.<br><br>The press release states that Case highlighted Hawaii\u2019s first universal mail-in voting process and created an amendment to strengthen it that is now included in the \u201cFor The People\u201d Act.<br><br>Case notes that the Aloha state showed the whole country that an all-mail election is possible \u201cwith virtually no fraud claims or disputed election results.\u201d<br><br>He also believes there is still room for improvement. And improvement will encourage states to adopt the vote-by-mail process.<br><br>\u201cMy amendment simply directs the Election Assistance Commission to conduct a study on vote-by-mail efforts in 2020 elections and develop recommendations to help states better administer their elections in the future,\u201d Case explained.<br><br>Among other highlights of Hawaii\u2019s vote-by-mail system according to Case were the state\u2019s high voter turnout percentage and wider election accessibility, especially elders and underserved communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jim Bea Sampaga The \u201cFor The People\u201d Act, which advocates for better voting rights,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,12,5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=892%2C667&ssl=1",892,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1",300,224,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=640%2C478&ssl=1",640,478,true],"large":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=640%2C479&ssl=1",640,479,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=892%2C667&ssl=1",892,667,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=892%2C667&ssl=1",892,667,true],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=892%2C667&ssl=1",892,667,true],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=870%2C570&ssl=1",870,570,true],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=600%2C667&ssl=1",600,667,true],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=892%2C667&ssl=1",892,667,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?fit=892%2C667&ssl=1",892,667,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=540%2C285&ssl=1",540,285,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mainland_votingbillphoto-color.jpg?resize=375%2C250&ssl=1",375,250,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/_news\/hawaii-filipino\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hawaii - 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