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1 Fact Sheet: The Freedom to Vote Act: The Bill Would Protect Our Elections from Voter Suppression, Partisan Sabotage, Gerrymandering, and Dark Money 1 (2022)

handle is hein.brennan/ftstfmt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FACT SHEET The Freedom to Vote Act The bill would protect our elections from voter suppression, partisan sabotage, gerrymandering, and dark money. UPDATED JANUARY 04, 2022 The Freedom to Vote Act is historic legislation to strengthen American democracy, promote racial justice and equity for all Americans, and thwart the assault on voting rights taking place in the states. In the wake of the 2020 election, an unprecedented wave of restrictive voting laws and election sabotage efforts are taking hold in the states, with more likely to come this year. We are also in the midst of another cycle of extreme partisan gerrymandering. Both these and other attacks on democracy have often primarily targeted communities of color. Congress has the legal and consti- tutional power to ward off these attacks by passing the Freedom to Vote Act, which would set national standards to protect the freedom to vote, counter election sabotage, end partisan redistricting, and fix our broken campaign finance system. Together with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advance- ment Act (which would restore and update the full protec- tions of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965), the Freedom to Vote Act would be the most comprehensive democracy reform law enacted in decades. With congres- sional redistricting already well underway and the 2022 midterm campaigns set to begin in earnest within months, there is no time to lose. Congress must act without delay. Key Provisions Expanding Opportunities to Vote The Freedom to Vote Act would create a baseline national standard for voting access, preempting many of the most onerous restrictions that have been passed or proposed recently in the states and expanding opportunities for all Americans to cast their ballots. Early voting: The bill would require all 50 states to offer early voting periods for at least two weeks prior to Elec- tion Day, including on nights and weekends, for at least 10 hours per day (except for jurisdictions with fewer than 3,000 voters, which would only be required to offer early voting during the election office's regular business hours Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 1

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