The best hope for the health and longevity of our democratic institutions is for Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore and strengthen a provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required states with a history of racial discrimination in voting to pre-clear changes in election procedures with the U.S. Justice Department or a federal court. Though congressional Republicans have supported voting rights in the past, they have made it clear they aren’t interested now. The House has done its part by passing voting rights bills. “Did we save democracy or let it go down the tubes?”President Biden and Schumer have vowed to keep fighting to protect voting rights.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2022 21:04 UTC