{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2021/8/stanton-house-colleagues-introduce-john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act", "Stanton, House Colleagues Introduce John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act", "2021-08-17", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Rep. Greg Stanton joined more than 190 of his House colleagues to introduce H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to restore the full protections of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.\n\n\u201cIn the face of a relentless partisan effort to restrict access to the ballot box, Congress must do everything we can to protect the fundamental right of every American to make their voice heard,\u201d said Stanton, a member of the House Judiciary Committee. \u201cI\u2019m proud to join my colleagues in introducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to preserve the promises of our democracy by again giving teeth to the Voting Rights Act.\u201d\n\nSince the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in its 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision, and again weakened voting rights protections in the Brnovich v. DNC decision in July of this year, there has been a steady increase in the number of restrictive voting bills that disproportionately suppress turnout among minorities, Tribal communities, young adults, and the elderly\u2014including efforts in Arizona to chip away at the state\u2019s effective vote-by-mail program.\n\nThe John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore the full protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\n\nSpecifically, the bill will address the Court\u2019s misguided Shelby County decision by establishing an updated formula for determining which states and localities must obtain federal pre-clearance before making changes to their voting laws. It also establishes a targeted process for reviewing voting changes based on measures that have historically been used to discriminate against voters.\n\nFor areas to qualify for judicial pre-clearance, they must have one of the following qualifications:\n\nStates with a history of 15 or more violations at any level in the previous 25 years;\n\nStates with a history of 10 or more violations, if one violation occurs at the state level in the previous 25 years; or\n\nSubdivisions with 3 or more violations in the subdivision in the previous 25 years.\n\nH.R. 4 also accounts for the Court\u2019s recent decision in Brnovich v. DNC by creating specific standards for courts to apply when ruling on cases brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.\n\nThe House is set to consider H.R. 4 next week.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2021/8/stanton-house-colleagues-introduce-john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9020068682730198, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}