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After the 2013 decision in Shelby and after Alabama imposed its restrictive photo law, which no longer allowed a validly issued Federal ID, a Social Security card, to be presented to show proof of who you were in order to get your ballot…
Congress must do its part to remove obstacles to voting for the nearly 4.7 million disenfranchised citizens who have been released from incarceration and are still denied the right to vote in federal elections.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the crowning achievements of their legacy.
Make sure that the full protections of the Voting Rights Act are reinstated and vote for H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
The bill that I have before you today, and I am honored to carry this bill, is H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
With this powerful deterrent gone, a wave of restrictive voting laws went into place.
It allows for transparency in electoral processes.
We should at least know when there are changes that might affect minority populations.
Congress has the ultimate and distinguished authority to enforce the anti-discrimination principle articulated in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, to protect the vote of every eligible citizen and ensure that their vote counts.
The right to vote is the right that guarantees all other rights in our democracy.
we still live in times where there are modern-day barriers to voting.
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
It is critical that Congress Act to investigate and legislate these activities that threaten to severely compromise the integrity of our elections.
Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.
Just one day after the Court's Shelby decision, Alabama began requiring photo identification to vote.
It is our job, as Members of Congress, to do what we know is right.
Congress has a critical opportunity to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
It is not only imperative that Congress restore the Voting Rights Act, but that it authorizes an Act that addresses the modern needs and political climate of the nation.