US EditionDemocrats try again to revive the Voting Rights Act but face long odds
UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – The bill aims to restore federal oversight of voting law changes and includes protections like same-day registration and legal remedies against voter suppression, amid rising state-level restrictions.
- Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill on Tuesday to revive and expand protections from the Voting Rights Act of 1965, marking a long-shot attempt before its 60th anniversary.
- The legislation would require states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before changing voting laws.
- Democrats first introduced the updated Voting Rights Act in 2021 when they had unified control of Congress, but it faces opposition from Republicans.
- The bill responds to years of restrictive voting laws enacted by states after the Supreme Court's 2013 ruling in Shelby County v. Holder.
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Democrats reintroduce voting rights bill that caused filibuster showdown
Democrats reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a bill that would expand the federal government’s authority to oversee the nation’s elections. Democrats have tried repeatedly to get this legislation approved, but have failed each time and likely will fall short again. As long as Republicans control the White House or either chamber of Congress, this bill will not become law. So why does it matter? It’s the same piece of legislation Dem…
Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia warned of "an authoritarian movement that is in progress in our country"
Senator Reverend Warnock calls for restoration of Voting Rights Act - Americus Times-Recorder
Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and 43 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Advancement Act, legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965 that hav…
ACLU Calls for Voting Rights Protections Amid Reintroduction of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Today, members of the U.S. Senate formally reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (JLVRAA), a critical piece of legislation aimed at restoring and bolstering key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) that have been dismantled over the last 12 years, most notably by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder.“We have spent the last decade fighting the unraveling of one of our nation’s most tra…
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