Policy Action · Petition · Letter Campaign
PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT
Voting rights are under attack.
Voting rights are under attack. Restore the Voting Rights Act and finish the work John Lewis gave his life to.
TAKE ACTION★ THE BILL
Tracked from congress.gov · reintroduced each Congress until it passes.
★ WHAT'S HAPPENING
THE SITUATION
On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling, *Louisiana v. Callais*, the core protection against racial discrimination in how district maps are drawn.
The proof of why that law existed came the moment its guardrails came off. Within weeks, states across the South moved to redraw their maps: Tennessee eliminated its only majority-Black congressional district, and in June the Supreme Court let Alabama use a map a court had already struck down as discriminatory.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restores federal oversight of places with a documented pattern of discrimination, before the next election is decided by a rigged map.
★ WHAT'S AT RISK
- Discriminatory rule changes at the state and local level
- Voter-roll purges that quietly erase eligible voters
- Manipulated district maps that dilute Black political power
- Targeted barriers that make voting harder, not easier
★ IN PLAIN TERMS
Preclearance — The Voting Rights Act rule that made states with a history of discrimination get federal sign-off before changing voting rules. The Supreme Court gutted it in 2013 (Shelby County).
Section 2 — The part of the Voting Rights Act used to challenge discriminatory maps — narrowed by the 2026 Louisiana v. Callais ruling. This bill restores its force.
★ WHY IT MATTERS
2013
the year Shelby County v. Holder gutted the Voting Rights Act — this bill restores it
John Lewis was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the right to vote, and the protections he bled for have been stripped away.
As the South goes, so goes the nation. W.E.B. Du Bois said it, and more than half of Black America lives in the South. This is not a regional fight, it is a national emergency, and the whole country has to meet it or follow it. This is what 1860 looked like before it became war.
The answer is all three at once: pass the policy, organize and mobilize, and pass the 28th Amendment, the permanent constitutional repair no Court can erase. A statute can be gutted in a single morning. The Constitution cannot.
★ WHO'S CARRYING THIS FIGHT
From the Capitol to the streets, this is the line of power behind the bill.
★ THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION
The 15th Amendment gives Congress the power to enforce the right to vote. The VRAA exercises exactly that authority — restoring federal oversight after the Court narrowed Section 2 in *Louisiana v. Callais*.
★ RUBRIC SCORES
How we score every fight in our Campaign Lab — so we put power where it changes lives.
Viability
Low-Medium
Recommendation
Launch Now
Justice & Freedom Agenda
Democracy & Civil Rights
Democracy
Protecting
Repair
Anti-Black Repair
Public health
Minimal
Why this viability: It needs 60 Senate votes, but post-Callais urgency and a broad civil-rights coalition make sustained pressure the path.
★ WIN PATH · Winnable with pressure
Chokepoint: U.S. Senate · 60 votes · The play: Hold the caucus and flip the votes to restore federal oversight · Leverage: Post-Callais urgency · the John Lewis legacy · a broad civil-rights coalition
Eight-systems impact
Historical pattern: The long fight for the Black vote — from Selma to Shelby County to Callais, each gain met with new suppression.
★ WHAT WE'RE DEMANDING
Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 14 / S. 2523). Restore and modernize the Voting Rights Act.
★ HOW THIS ACTION WORKS
One signature sends a coordinated set of letters to every decision-maker at once. Each letter carries a specific, trackable demand.
LETTER 1 — YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
Goes to: Your member of the U.S. House, auto-routed by ZIP
Demand: Pass H.R. 14, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and restore federal oversight of voting discrimination.
LETTER 2 — YOUR U.S. SENATORS
Goes to: Both of your U.S. Senators, auto-routed by ZIP
Demand: Pass S. 2523, the Senate companion, and modernize the Voting Rights Act before the next election.
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