Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday blocked Democratic President Joe Biden’s electoral reform to protect the country’s democracy against attempts to exclude minorities from voting. The bill received 49 votes in favor and 51 against, reports CNN. The Democrats needed the support of at least ten Republican senators to push through the reform. Joe Biden had promised with his bill to protect access to the ballot boxes for minorities and the transparency of voting operations in the face of a multitude of reforms undertaken by conservative states, in particular in the south of the country. NGOs assure that these measures adopted by Republicans particularly discriminate against African-Americans, who overwhelmingly voted for Joe Biden in the last election. To block, the Democratic president wants to harmonize voting practices and give the federal state a right to look at local initiatives. To pass this major reform in the Senate, it would theoretically require a majority increased by 60 votes. However, the Democratic camp has 50 votes plus that of Vice-President Kamala Harris, and the Republicans 50. (Belga)
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