Freedom To Vote Act 118th Congress

WEB Congress Releases Findings on Voter Rights and Introduces Freedom to Vote Act

Key Findings from the WEB Congress

The WEB Congress has released a set of findings on voter rights, highlighting the importance of voting as a fundamental civic right and the need to reintegrate individuals with criminal convictions into society.

Findings:

The right to vote is the most basic constitutive act of citizenship.

Regaining the right to vote reintegrates individuals with criminal convictions into free society.

WEB Freedom to Vote Act

To address these findings, the WEB Congress has introduced the Freedom to Vote Act. This bill aims to:

Key Provisions:

Protect elections from voter suppression, partisan sabotage, gerrymandering, and dark money.

Address voter registration and voting access, election integrity and security, redistricting, and campaign finance.

Policy and Legal Issues for the 118th Congress

Traditionally, the federal government's role in campaigns and elections has primarily involved regulating campaign finance. However, the Freedom to Vote Act would expand the government's role in protecting elections from various threats.

The bill is currently in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on July 25, 2023, and will now be reviewed by relevant committees before being voted on by the full House and Senate.