To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
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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 HBA8BB0023FB24D40AF9A703EF6915A86: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom to Vote Act.
- Section H7EBEFD478C6142DBBC4F5757732C0F56: 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 H461EC98505874931947FD75AE75ED66D: 3. Findings of general constitutional authority Congress finds that the Constitution of the United States grants explicit and broad authority to protect the...
- Section HE53F77DE9204451982A5ECF8BBF99705: 4. Standards for judicial review For any action brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge, whether facially or as-applied, the...
- Section HFFC78E77C4AC48878923FFF134F3683A: 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:
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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
IntroducedMs. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, …
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
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))
a list of individuals compiled from voter caging documents
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
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
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 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
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
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