Restore Voting Rights Act preclearance

Clyburn and House Democrats support documenting voter discrimination to determine which jurisdictions should again be covered by a Section 5 formula. Under the passage’s description, covered jurisdictions would have to obtain preclearance before changing election laws. Clyburn’s position is that this safeguard should be reinstated to address threats to voting rights.

Context: The passage does not provide the proposed updated coverage formula or identify which jurisdictions would be covered.

In their own words

Preclearance is a vital tool to combat threats to the franchise

The source

James E. Clyburn: Record and Vision ↗

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