“I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act,” he wrote in home-state newspaper The Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Manchin also reaffirmed that he will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster.
He criticized Democrats and Republicans for politicizing election reform to seek partisan advantage and urged both sides to work along to find a path forward.
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I back Manchin on that, especially on the Filibuster.