The House passed a signature bill intended to curb corruption and money in our political system, and to make sure that all eligible U.S. citizens are able to vote without any obstruction. H.R. 1, the For The People Act, would make sweeping changes to our election processes if passed into law.

The bill largely focuses on three issues: campaign finance, ethics, and voting rights. Here’s a summary of what the bill would do:

1. Campaign finance reform:

• • Provide public assistance for funding candidates’ campaigns, giving people without the same means or fundraising ability a chance to run for office.
  • Place stricter limits on foreign lobbying.
  • Require that Super PACs and dark money organizations disclose their donors.
  • Restructure the FEC to reduce partisan gridlock.
  • Support overturning the Citizens United court decision that gave corporations the same rights as people when it comes to campaign spending and speech.

2. Ethics reform:

• • Require that Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates disclose 10 years of income tax returns.
  • End the use of taxpayer dollars to pay out sexual harassment claims.
  • Create a new ethics code for the Supreme Court (which doesn’t have to adhere to the judicial code of conduct for some reason). Ironically, the courts will likely have to decide whether this one is constitutional.

3. Voting rights reform:

• • Create a national voter registration program.
  • Make Election Day a holiday.
  • Force states to replace outdated voting equipment with more security and auditable systems.
  • Mandate an independent commission for each state for any future drawing of electoral districts to eliminate gerrymandering.
  • Limit efforts to purge voter rolls.
  • Grant ex-felons who’ve served their time the right to vote.

The bill also calls for statehood for Washington, D.C., which has a larger population than some states.

Two legitimate complaints are that it doesn’t cover election fraud like we saw in North Carolina with bullet harvesting, and that it gives the federal government too much say in something that’s supposed to be controlled individually by each state. The issue of state vs. federal control in elections has always been a heated topic, which is why our states have such disparity in the quality of how elections are run.

Republicans call it a power grab by the Democratic party; Democrats call it a power grab by the American people. You decide.