Demand Leadership on Voting Rights - Rep. Payne, Sponsor 2014 VRA

Last year, the Supreme Court gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since then, Republicans across the country have raced to implement new restrictive laws that would do exactly what the Voting Rights Act was meant to protect.

But now, there's a chance to stop that.

Late last week, Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced new legislation—the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014—that would strengthen the Voting Rights Act. This bill isn't perfect but is the best vehicle we have for restoring the rights struck down by the Supreme Court last year.

We ask US Representative Donald Payne to lead the way in restoring universal suffrage by cosponsoring a new Voting Rights Act that ensures every citizen is given unencumbered access to the vote.