DEMOCRATS MAKE FEDERAL ELECTION STANDARDS a top priority.

Democrats, asserting constitutional authority to set the time, place, and manner of federal elections, want national rules they say would make voting more uniform, accessible, and fair across the nation. The bill would mandate early voting, same-day registration, and other long-sought reforms some critics reject as federal overreach.

The legislation first introduced two years ago, known as the For the People Act, also would give independent commissions the job of drawing congressional districts, require political groups to disclose high-dollar donors, create reporting requirements for online political ads and, in a rearview rebuke of Trump, obligate presidents to disclose their tax returns.

It will be known as the Cementing Our Majority Forever Act.