John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

Nov. 3, 2021 | S. 4

This bipartisan legislation helps protect our nation’s citizens from discriminatory voting practices and restores the ability to mount effective legal challenges to anti-democratic voting measures. 

Passage would be an important step toward restoration of the fundamental voter protections undermined by the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision and its 2021 decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. The Senate blocked this legislation on November 3, 2021.

Legislative Alert

This is Good for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 50
NAYs: 49

Legislator State Party Sort ascending Vote
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican No
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican No
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican No
Sen. James Lankford
OK
Republican No
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican No
Sen. Tim Scott
SC
Republican No
Sen. Rick Scott
FL
Republican No
Sen. John Kennedy
LA
Republican No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican No
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
Republican No
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID Yes
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
ID ID Yes
Sen. Angus King
ME
ID ID Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jacky Rosen
NV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Hickenlooper
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat Yes