Pelosi Tells Democrats to Keep Pursuing HR1 Sweeping Election Reform Bill

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks alongside Democratic members of the House about H.R.1, the "For the People Act," at the US Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 4, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Democrats that they must find a way to have H.R. 1/S. 1 become law “in order to respect the sanctity of the vote.”

The speaker sent a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday encouraging them to find a way to help pass the H.R. 1/S, For the People Act in the Senate. The bill seeks to have the federal government dictate how elections are run in the United States, taking much of the authority away from individual states.