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The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis.The bill would restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, most notably its requirement for states and jurisdictions with a history of voting rights violations to seek federal approval before enacting certain changes to their voting laws. [1]
Democratic Congressmembers holding a press conference in support of the For the People Act in March 2021. The Republican effort has been contrasted with a simultaneous effort by Democratic Party lawmakers to expand voting access. [354] At the federal level, Democrats advanced the For the People Act, a voting rights and anti-corruption bill (see ...
Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks on the Act from inside the Capitol Building. The Freedom to Vote Act, originally called the For the People Act, [1] introduced as H.R. 1, [2] is a bill in the United States Congress [3] intended to expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, ban partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal ...
In 2021, 25 states passed laws that expanded voting access, but 18 states have passed nearly three dozen laws making voting more restrictive. ... The Voting Rights Act, specifically Section 2. ...
A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a key tool used to enforce the Voting Rights Act – possibly setting up another Supreme Court showdown over one of the nation’s landmark civil ...
A panel of judges in a federal appeals court said Monday that only the federal government — not citizens and groups — can sue under a key part of the Voting Rights Act, effectively gutting the ...
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, 594 U.S. 647 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case related to voting rights established by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), and specifically the applicability of Section 2's general provision barring discrimination against minorities in state and local election laws in the wake of the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v.
The Supreme Court upholds the reach of the Voting Rights Act, ruling that Alabama must draw an election district that would likely favor a Black Democrat.