Peach Tree Times

U.S. Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga) criticized H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021, introduced by Democrats, calling it a “federal takeover” of elections and “a blatant power grab.”

“I’m eager to work with my colleagues on reasonable legislation to restore election integrity, but H.R. 1 (aka House Democrats’ #1 legislative priority) is a shameless attempt to keep one party in power,” Allen said.

In a guest column in The Augusta Chronicle, he said that “H.R. 1 would take away all state sovereignty over elections and place it in the hands of Washington lawmakers and unelected federal bureaucrats.”

Allen says the act would keep states from being accountable in updating their voter rolls and “expand mail-in voting by mandating that states provide no-excuse absentee ballots while outlawing voter verification.”

He is co-introducing H.R. 322, the Save Democracy Act, which he says would provide transparency and restore election integrity.

H.R. 322 “would prohibit the automatic registration of voters, prohibit states from sending unrequested absentee ballots, require identification for an absentee ballot, require at least two representatives from each presidential campaign to be allowed to observe polls and vote-counting operations in a general election, and ensure vote counting be continued without pause or delay once started,” Allen explained.