WASHINGTON (Reuters), – Democratic U.S. Krysten Sinema is a centrist and a strong supporter of President Joe Biden. She stated in an interview that she doesn’t believe the amendment or elimination of the filibuster would allow for the passage of voting legislation.

Sinema was a cosponsor of Democratic voter rights bills that aim to prohibit racial disparity and ensure ballot access. Sinema told the newspaper she is still opposed to efforts by fellow Democrats for the elimination of the filibuster. The Senate rule, which requires a supermajority of 60 to approve most legislation, prevents the passage or modification to any bill.

“My opinion is that legislation that is crafted together, in a bipartisan way, is the legislation that’s most likely to pass and stand the test of time. And I would certainly encourage my colleagues to use that effort to move forward,” she told the Post.

Also, she dismissed the possibility that she might support an exception from the filibuster in order to allow passage of voting rights legislation. She said it was unlikely.

Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, had suggested earlier in this month that Senate rules might be changed to avoid filibuster.

“That caveat — ‘if it would even work’ — is the right question to ask,” Sinema, who rarely gives interviews, told the Post.

The overwhelming Republican resistance to voting rights legislation prevented Senate Democrats from moving it for the fourth consecutive month. This could have implications for 2022 and 2024 elections.

Although the Senate voted 50 to 49 in favor of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act being introduced into debate, it did not receive the required 60 votes.

The legislation was named for the civil rights activist, congressman and late politician. It would allow states to vote again in order to ban racial discrimination which the U.S. Supreme Court had rejected in 2013.

Democrats consider election reform to be a top priority, given the Republican state balloting restrictions that were passed as a response to Trump’s fake claims of voter fraud and massive voter suppression in 2020.