To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Technology, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H1E6B0E996ADC4C8E96DBB0EA4C8DD931: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom to Vote Act.
- Section H165E3FDC58FF43C9A15B86C71E4A1A09: 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents This Act is organized into divisions as follows: Division A—Voter Access. Division B—Election...
- Section HEB3F5A6A363847D29C30AC66D2435B84: 3. Findings of general constitutional authority Congress finds that the Constitution of the United States grants explicit and broad authority to protect the...
- Section HB69D561E0A08433EB17123CD3C79D97C: 4. Standards for judicial review For any action brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge, whether facially or as-applied, the...
- Section H40193282764D464CBA19E9BD284BA71C: 5. Severability If any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act, or the application of any such provision or amendment to any person or...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.
Key Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Technology, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Sarbanes (for himself, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Morelle, and Ms. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
probation, imposed by a Federal, State, or local court, with or without a condition on the individual involved concerning— the individual’s freedom of movement
a State that, under law that is in effect continuously on and after the date of enactment of this section, either— has no voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with respect to a Federal election
a list of individuals compiled from voter caging documents
any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406
any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406
the Director of the Bureau. The term Federal rental assistance means rental assistance provided under— any covered housing program, as defined in section 41411(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(a))
any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406
a State that, under law that is in effect continuously on and after the date of enactment of this section, either— has no voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with respect to a Federal election
any direct or indirect contact or communication that— is between— a candidate, an immediate family member of the candidate, a political committee, or any official, employee, or agent of such committee
any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406
a record maintained by each jurisdiction that— (A)is created without reliance on any part of the voting system used to tabulate votes
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
Learn more about our methodology