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Urge Congress: Strengthen Voting Rights
Please urge your Members of Congress to strengthen voting rights— and pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2025 (S. 2523 / H.R. 14).
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The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore and strengthen the protections of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Its primary objective is to counter subsequent Supreme Court decisions—most notably Shelby County v. Holder (2013)—which invalidated core components used to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 would restore and strengthen federal protections against racial discrimination in voting. It would establish a new formula for a rolling 10-year preclearance system for states that would need to obtain approval from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) or a U.S. District Court before changes in voting rules would go into effect. The legislation is designed to address the Supreme Court's 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which invalidated the formula used to determine which jurisdictions were subject to preclearance. The coverage formula would generally include jurisdictions meeting one or more of the following criteria, based on violations during the previous 25 years:
- 15 or more voting-rights violations within the state.
- 10 or more voting-rights violations, with at least one attributable to the state itself.
- 3 or more voting-rights violations, where the state administers elections either statewide or in the political subdivisions where the violations occurred.
H.R. 14 has 221 cosponsors in the House, and S. 2523 has 46 cosponsors in the Senate. All current cosponsors are Democrats or caucus with Democrats. Each bill has been referred to its respective Judiciary Committees, but neither has advanced beyond committee referral or had a hearing. If no further action is taken before the end of the 119th Congress in January 2027, the bills will expire and must be reintroduced in the next Congress.
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