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- VOTING RIGHTS ACT
The 1965 Voting Rights Act prohibited government from imposing any “voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.” Patriots say this iconic law affirms that our Constitutional right to vote is essential to our democracy. In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down Section 4b of the Voting Rights Act. This section required states with histories of voter suppression to receive pre-clearance from the Justice Department before changing their election procedures. The Court ruled these pre-clearances are no longer necessary. Soon afterwards, states began enacting previously-illegal voter suppression laws that restricted minorities, the elderly, students, those disabled, and others from voting.
The 2020 election showed why we need our Voting Rights Act restored. Many states have purged voters from registration rolls under the guise of “maintenance,” or voided ballots because of technicalities such signatures that didn’t perfectly match-up with those on file. Some states have imposed strict photo ID requirements in order to vote. Other states have restricted voting and registration in many ways that disproportionately affect African Americans. These restrictions include cutting back on early voting, removing ballot drop-off boxes, and disallowing ballots that had been mailed on time but delivered after election day. Our Postmaster General intentionally slowed mail delivers prior to the election by removing large sorting machines from mail processing centers and prohibiting overtime pay for postal employees.
Pending Legislation: H.R.14 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell (AL)
Status: House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair: Rep. Jim Jordan (OH)
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The 2020 election showed why we need our Voting Rights Act restored. Many states have purged voters from registration rolls under the guise of “maintenance,” or voided ballots because of technicalities such signatures that didn’t perfectly match-up with those on file. Some states have imposed strict photo ID requirements in order to vote. Other states have restricted voting and registration in many ways that disproportionately affect African Americans. These restrictions include cutting back on early voting, removing ballot drop-off boxes, and disallowing ballots that had been mailed on time but delivered after election day. Our Postmaster General intentionally slowed mail delivers prior to the election by removing large sorting machines from mail processing centers and prohibiting overtime pay for postal employees.
Pending Legislation: H.R.14 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell (AL)
Status: House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair: Rep. Jim Jordan (OH)
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- I oppose reforming current Voting Rights Act policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
- I support strengthening and restoring the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, specifically in response to Supreme Court decisions that weakened the act by: 1.) Creating a new formula to determine which jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination must get federal approval for new voting practices. A state with 15 or more voting rights violations within 25 years, or a state with 10 violations with at least one committed by the state itself, would be covered. 2.) Making certain types of voting changes subject to federal preclearance nationwide, regardless of location, because they have a history of being used discriminatorily. These include: implementing more restrictive voter ID requirements; reducing the availability of early or absentee voting; making it easier to remove voters from registration rolls. 3.) Restoring and strengthening Section 2 of the VRA, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race. The bill explicitly protects against both vote dilution (which weakens minority voting strength) and vote denial (which makes it harder for minorities to cast a ballot). 4.) Requiring jurisdictions to give the public notice of any changes to voting laws. 5.) Broadening the ability of courts to block new discriminatory voting policies from taking effect. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support strengthening and restoring the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, specifically in response to Supreme Court decisions that weakened the act by:
1.) Creating a new formula to determine which jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination must get federal approval for new voting practices. A state with 15 or more voting rights violations within 25 years, or a state with 10 violations with at least one committed by the state itself, would be covered.
2.) Making certain types of voting changes subject to federal preclearance nationwide, regardless of location, because they have a history of being used discriminatorily. These include: implementing more restrictive voter ID requirements; reducing the availability of early or absentee voting; making it easier to remove voters from registration rolls.
3.) Restoring and strengthening Section 2 of the VRA, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race. The bill explicitly protects against both vote dilution (which weakens minority voting strength) and vote denial (which makes it harder for minorities to cast a ballot).
4.) Requiring jurisdictions to give the public notice of any changes to voting laws.
5.) Broadening the ability of courts to block new discriminatory voting policies from taking effect.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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Pledge Period - Opening Date
October 13, 2025
Pledge Period - Closing Date
October 19, 2025
Trustee Election - Begins
October 20, 2025