It is possible to believe the 2020 presidential election was fair and legitimate and also understand that tighter voting requirements are necessary to preserve the integrity of our elections if mail-in voting is to be the norm moving forward. Unsurprisingly, Democrats disagree.

The House passed a sweeping bill, called H.R. 1, on Thursday that would essentially prevent states from passing any type of election reform and roll back a number of important voting requirements, such as voter ID laws. The legislation would also mandate several controversial policies, including automatic and online voter registration and at least two weeks of early voting, and it would bar state officials from purging voter rolls of ineligible voters, including deceased residents or residents who moved away, from the system.