Democrats bid to change Senate rules if Republicans thwart voting rights reform

• Voting rights reforms have repeatedly stalled in 50-50 Senate
• Schumer: We hope they change course and work with us'

Democrats are seizing on this week's anniversary of the deadly US Capitol riot to renew a push for voting rights legislation to safeguard democracy.

Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced on Monday that the Senate will vote on changing its own rules on or before 17 January, the federal Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday, if Republicans continue to obstruct election reform.