Strengthening the Voting Rights Act

Strengthening the Voting Rights Act | Brennan Center for Justice

Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to strengthen this essential law and restore its core protections.

John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 included a requirement designed to ensure minority voters across the country are able to participate equally in the electoral ...

Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

The bill would undo the damage done by the Supreme Court and create a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century.

Strengthening Democracy Through State Voting Rights Acts (State ...

State Voting Rights Acts (state VRAs), which allow states to go above and beyond the floor set by the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) to ...

Pass the Freedom to Vote Act: How Elections Would Look Different ...

Key voting rights legislation that Congress has been working to pass for years would have transformed election administration and security ...

Protect our democracy: Restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act

A Supreme Court ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now Congress can act to restore, strengthen and modernize federal legislation.

The Imperative of Restoring and Strengthening the Voting Rights Act

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan, nationwide organization with millions of members and supporters dedicated to ...

Congress Has Another Chance to Restore the Voting Rights Act

Unfortunately, in recent years, the Supreme Court has weakened the Voting Rights Act's once-successful protections for Black and brown ...

Senate Democrats Reintroduce Bill To Revitalize the Voting Rights Act

U.S. Senate Democrats have reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a landmark bill that would restore and strengthen ...

What is in the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act?

The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (FTV: JRLA) will protect voters from race-based discrimination and set minimum standards to enable all voters to ...

Voting Rights Act: Enforcement Needs Strengthening | U.S. GAO

The 1965 Voting Rights Act was designed to alleviate racial and language discrimination in voting, thereby securing the franchise for U.S. citizens of...

The Protection of Voting Rights Requires State Action

To help restore and bolster voter protections, it is critical that Congress pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights ...

On National Voter Registration Day, Rep. Sewell and House ...

The bill would protect the right to vote and safeguard our democracy by restoring and modernizing the full protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA).

The Voting Rights Act | American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the ...

RESTORING AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY

Democrats will fight to restore and protect Americans' fundamental right to vote, including by aggressively pushing back against Republican governors.

S.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024

A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the ...

Voting Rights Issue Brief | NAACP

Issues: Disproportionate Voting Barriers: Black voters face significant hurdles, from restrictive ID laws to insufficient polling places in their communities.

Assaults on the Right to Vote - The American Prospect

The latest challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 concerns who is allowed to sue to enforce it.

Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect the Freedom ...

The Freedom to Vote Act has received the full support of Senate Democrats for the second year in a row. The legislation reflects feedback from ...

FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Continues to ...

President Biden and Vice President Harris have prioritized strengthening our democracy and protecting the sacred right to vote in free, fair, and secure ...