Rep. Terri Sewell introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to how it existed before the Supreme Court gutted it in 2013
Alabama congresswoman Terri Sewell, chief sponsor of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock As the wall of Senate Republican opposition to the sweeping For the People Act voting-rights measure hardens, congressional Democrats are moving forward with narrower legislation.
An earlier version of the bill passed in the House in 2019, but it was updated in part to reduce its vulnerability to another court challenge on the grounds of having outdated data on discriminatory voting practices, which was the basis for the 2013 Supreme Court decision. The revised bill was also worded to address a more recent SCOTUS decision that made the use of lawsuits against election officials under Section 2 of the VRA more difficult.
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