John Bresnahan, Anna Palmer, and Jake Sherman
December 23, 2021
(Punchbowl News) – While Manchin’s BBB stance has grabbed headlines of late, the largest issue expenditure of 2021 in West Virginia was on the voting rights and election reform front. Liberal groups, led by West Virginia Freedom Alliance Action Fund and End Citizens United/Let America Vote, spent at least $4.3 million urging Manchin to support changes to the way Americans vote and the filibuster… Progressives began the year urging Manchin to support S.1, the For the People Act… Once Manchin scuttled that plan and unveiled his compromise Freedom to Vote Act, liberal spending groups pivoted to praising the new piece of legislation. In an October ad, End Citizens United/Let America Vote commended Manchin’s bill for combining ideas from both parties.