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Democrats pushed national standards for early and mail voting and a restored Voting Rights Act. Senate Republicans blocked both bills from advancing.
01 / Democrats
The Freedom to Vote Act would set national minimums for early voting, mail voting, and automatic registration.
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore the federal preclearance review that Shelby County v. Holder disabled.
H.R. 4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
The platform supports both bills and ending the filibuster for voting rights legislation.
02 / Republicans
The 2024 platform calls for voter identification requirements, proof of citizenship, same-day paper-ballot voting, and opposes widespread mail voting.
Senate Republicans blocked both the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Act from reaching a final vote.
S. 2747 - Freedom to Vote Act H.R. 4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The receipts
Dark is yea, grey is nay. Each card names who drove the action and how the other party responded. Every one links to the official record.
Jun 25, 2013 · Shelby County v. Holder
Republican-appointed court majorityThe Court invalidated the formula deciding which jurisdictions had to clear election-law changes with the federal government first.
The five justices in the majority were appointed by Republican presidents.
Decided 5–4. States previously covered began changing voting rules without federal review.
Read the record ↗Oct 20, 2021 · S. 2747
Democratic-backedNational minimum standards for early voting, mail ballots, and automatic voter registration.
Democrats advanced it. Every Republican opposed cloture; Schumer cast a procedural no to preserve reconsideration.
Final vote
Cloture failed; 60 votes required.
Blocked in the Senate. A majority supported it; cloture requires 60.
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