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This would mean that states with a history of voting rights violations would have to seek approval from the federal government to change voting policies. If the VRA's pre-clearance requirement had been left in place, it may have blocked new restrictive election laws like the one passed in Georgia. [365] [366]
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]
After Shelby County, many states moved quickly to implement restrictive voting laws that had previously been subject to federal oversight. Since 2013, at least 29 states have passed 94 restrictive voting laws, including stricter voter ID requirements, reductions in early voting periods, and restrictions on mail-in voting. [11]
The bill would require states with recent histories of discrimination to get federal "preclearance" to change their voting laws. House passes John Lewis voting rights bill, sends measure to Senate ...
At least 31 states have passed 103 restrictive voting laws since the 2013 Supreme Court decision, according to the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice.. The legislation, if passed, would be ...
State voting laws are drifting in opposite directions in today's age of politics. In 2021, 25 states passed laws that expanded voting access, but 18 states have passed nearly three dozen laws ...
Drawing on the false claims of widespread voting fraud and a stolen election, by February 2021 Republican state legislatures had begun to implement new laws and rules to restrict voting access in ways that would favor Republican candidates. [193] By April 2021, 361 bills in 47 states have been proposed by GOP lawmakers meant to restrict voting ...
According to the Voting Rights Lab, only 188 of those bills have become law, and some of them do expand access to the ballot box. All three states passed wide-ranging new laws impacting absentee ...