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(CNN) - Conservative activists are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to support funding to upgrade voting machines across the country that critics argue are out of date and insecure. "We benefit from more secure elections. Election security advocates have long argued that the issue shouldn't be partisan. Democrats largely place the blame on McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who has refused to pick up various election security bills that have passed the Democrat-led House. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, has said he will introduce an amendment to boost election security funding at a markup of several bills in the Appropriations Committee on Thursday.