Protecting the Right to Vote: Strict Limits on Making Federal Elections Harder.
This Act establishes the fundamental right of every citizen to vote in federal elections. It introduces strict standards making it difficult for state or local governments to implement changes that restrict access to voting, requiring them to prove necessity and use the least restrictive means possible. Citizens gain a clear legal path to challenge rules that make voting unnecessarily difficult.
Key points
New rules that make voting in federal elections harder are prohibited unless the government proves they are absolutely necessary and the least restrictive way to achieve an important goal.
The law defines two types of prohibited actions: diminishing the ability to vote (retrogression) and substantially impairing the ability to vote.
Citizens can sue governments in federal court to challenge restrictive voting rules and may recover attorney's fees if successful.
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