On Sunday, Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, compared Republican efforts to tighten voting restrictions and amend state election laws with the Jan. 6 rebellion.

“What the Republicans are doing across the country is really a legislative continuation of what they did on Jan. 6, which is to undermine our democracy, to undermine the integrity of our elections, to undermine the voting power, which is the essence of a democracy,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

Some Republican state legislators introduced tougher voting laws after the 2020 election. Critics said that this would make it harder for certain groups to vote. The effort is set to continue in 2022 with midterm elections scheduled for November.

Pelosi stressed Sunday the importance of passing a bill on voting rights known as the Freedom to Vote ActThe Democratic Party has given their full support to. Democrats who want to pass the legislation before the 2022 midtermThe senate had failed several times to pass voting rights legislations last year. Every effort was blocked by Republicans.

Pelosi declared, “It’s more important that we protect our Constitution” and the democracy.

Freedom to Vote Act expands early and absentee voter registration and makes it simpler for voters to adhere to state voter identification laws. This would establish automatic voter registration as the national standard. It also restores the right of incarcerated persons to vote once their sentence is over.

It would also declare Election Day national holidays.

But, the Georgia Secretary-of State Brad Raffensperger later stated on Face the Nation that the bill would cause distrust among the voters.

The January 6th attack was horrible, but we don’t have to eliminate photo ID. Same-day registration. Raffensperger stated that if you do not have appropriate safeguards, you will lose voter confidence in your results.”

—CNBC’s Jacob Pramuk contributed to this report.