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Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks on the Act from inside the Capitol Building. The Freedom to Vote Act (formerly known as 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 ...
The John Lewis voting rights act would restore the federal pre-clearance requirement in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck down by the Supreme Court in a 2013 decision. 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.
The Election Integrity Act of 2021, originally known as the Georgia Senate Bill 202, [1] [2] is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia overhauling elections in the state. It replaced signature matching requirements on absentee ballots with voter identification requirements, limits the use of ballot drop boxes, expands in-person early voting, bars officials from sending out unsolicited absentee ...
Apr. 6—A coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit to block Alabama's recently enacted "Anti-Ballot Harvesting Bill" sponsored by Sen ...
The For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, would provide sweeping reforms on redistricting, absentee voting, voting rights and election security.
After mail-in and absentee voting reached new levels in the 2020 election during the Covid-19 pandemic, a wave of lawsuits over the popular vote-casting methods this year is laying the groundwork ...
The Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1976 was the first bill to enshrine the constitutional right to vote in federal elections into law for U.S. citizens living overseas. This bill also established uniform absentee voting procedures for U.S. citizens living overseas in federal elections.
Mar. 8—ATLANTA — The Georgia State Senate approved a sweeping voting bill Monday that would completely do away with no-excuse absentee voting. It was Republicans who voted to institute no ...