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| Long title | An Act 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 Act, and for other purposes. |
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| Sponsored by | Terri Sewell (D-AL) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 215 |
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| Public law | 52 USC Ch. 103 |
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| Acts affected | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 (H.R. 14) is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis. The bill would restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, most notably its requirement for states and jurisdictions with a history of voting rights violations to seek federal approval before enacting certain changes to their voting laws.[1] The bill was written in response to the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013, which struck down the system that was used to determine which jurisdictions were subject to that requirement.[2][3]
On August 24, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill by a margin of 219–212.[4] On November 3, 2021, the bill failed to pass the Senate after falling short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture.[5] A second attempt to pass it on January 19, 2022, as part of a combined bill with the Freedom to Vote Act, also failed. Again falling short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, the bill then failed to pass a vote to be exempted from Senate filibuster rules.[6]
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- ^ Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett (January 19, 2022). "Senate Democrats suffer defeat on voting rights after vote to change rules fails". CNN. Retrieved February 3, 2022.