Voting Rights

Voting Rights

• After President Trump established the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, Senator Feinstein cosponsored the Anti-Voter Suppression Act, which would strike down the Executive Order establishing that Commission. (2017)

• After the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in the case Shelby County v. Holder, Senator Feinstein cosponsored several bills to restore this provision and update the criteria to determine whether a state or locality must have changes to voting laws or procedures pre-approved by the Department of Justice. Senator Feinstein cosponsored the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014, the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 and the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017. (2014-2017)

• Senator Feinstein was an original cosponsor of the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act. Among other things, the bill made it a criminal offense to engage in practices, such as providing false information on voter eligibility, that were meant to intimidate voters and suppress turnout, especially among minority voters. (2007)

• Senator Feinstein was an original cosponsor of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Cesar E. Chavez Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendment Act, which reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act in an effort to protect voting rights. (2006)