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1 Fact Sheet: The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: The Bill Would Modernize and Revitalize the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Strengthening Legal Protections against Discriminatory Voting Policies and Practices 1 (2021)

handle is hein.brennan/jnlwsvtg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FACT SHEET The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act The bill would modernize and revitalize the Voting Rights Act of 1965, strengthening legal protections against discriminatory voting policies and practices. PUBLISHED DECEMBER 22, 2021 The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, or VRAA (S. 4), would modernize and revitalize the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court has hampered the civil rights law by gutting its preclearance provisions in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) and by making it harder to sue to stop discriminatory practices in Brnovich v. DNC (2021). The VRAA would strengthen the law, moving us closer to ending discrimination in voting and guaranteeing equal access to the ballot. Key Provisions Preclearance Geographic Coverage: The VRAA creates a new formula to determine which states and localities will be subject to preclearance. Under the requirement, jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination must get approval from the Department of Justice (DOJ) or a federal court in Washington, DC, before changing their voting laws or practices to ensure the changes are not discriminatory. In Shelby County, the Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Act's preclearance formula, saying it was outdated. The VRAA updates the formula. States will be covered by preclearance if, within the past 25 years, they or their localities committed at least 10 voting rights violations and at least one violation was by the state, or localities within the state committed at least 15 voting rights violations = Subdivisions in noncovered states will be covered if they committed at least three voting rights violations in the previous 25 years a Voting rights violations are determined on the basis of (1) court judgments under the Constitution or the Voting Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 1

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