John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023
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.
Sponsored by
Terri Sewell (D-AL)
Number of co-sponsors
215
Citations
Public law
52 USC Ch. 103
Codification
Acts affected
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Legislative history
Committee consideration by House Committee on the Judiciary
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 certain jurisdictions 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 failed as well, where after again falling short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, a vote to exempt the bill from the Senate filibuster rules also failed.[6]
Representatives Terri Sewell and John Lewis in 2017 on the fourth anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder decision
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^Summers, Juana (August 24, 2021). "The House Has Passed a Bill to Restore the Voting Rights Act". NPR. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^"John Lewis Voting Rights Act Fails to Pass Senate". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
^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.
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