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1 Gareth Fowler, et al., Congress Could Change Everything 1 (2021)

handle is hein.brennan/cngsscchev0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESOURCE Congress Could Change Everything Forty-three states are trying to enact legislation that could make it harder to vote. The Senate can stop voter suppression by passing the For the People Act, which recently passed the House. By Gareth Fowler, Wendy Weiser, Will Wilder, Izabela Tringali, and Stuart Baum PUBLISHED MARCH 16, 2021 America is facing an overwhelming legislative assault on voting rights. As of February 19, more than 253 bills restricting voting access had been carried over, prefiled, or introduced in 43 states, and the number is rising. Already, two of these bills have passed, and many are moving aggressively through state legislatures. Fueled by the Big Lie of widespread voter fraud and often discriminatory in design, these bills have the potential to dramatically reduce voting access, especially for Black and brown voters. This legislative campaign to suppress the vote can - and must - be stopped by Congress. The Brennan Center has analyzed each of the restrictive voting bills pending in the states and concludes that The For the People Act (H.R. 1/S.1) would thwart virtually every single one. The For the People Act, which passed the United States House of Representatives in early March, is a transformative bill that would expand voting rights and strengthen our democracy. The landmark legislation would create a national baseline for voting access that every American can rely on, and it would foil state efforts to manipulate voting rules to exclude eligible voters or create discriminatory outcomes. As President Biden said on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the For the People Act is urgently needed to protect the right to vote, the integrity of our elections, and to repair and strengthen our democracy. Along with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, it includes all of the critical reforms needed to prevent voter suppres- sion. Amidst a withering attack on voting rights in nearly every state, the Senate must now get to work and pass this bill into law. The table below outlines each of the major themes of the pending state voter suppression bills and explains how the For the People Act would address them. Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 1

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