Jon Ossoff promises to support the Right to Vote Act to create a federal statutory right to vote and allow voters to challenge policies that unduly restrict ballot access.

“With voting rights under attack in Georgia and across the country, I am reintroducing my legislation to empower voters to challenge in court any action taken by a state or local government that makes it harder to vote, and force that state or that locality to demonstrate that the restrictions serve some governmental purpose and are the least restrictive means of doing so,” said Sen. Ossoff.

Ossoff said he is reintroducing the Right to Vote Act to let voters challenge restrictive state or local voting policies in court and require governments to justify such restrictions.

Sen. Ossoff Reintroduces Right to Vote Act
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Congress.gov text for H.R.5746 includes “PART 1--RIGHT TO VOTE ACT.” It states that every citizen of legal voting age has the right to vote and have that vote counted in federal elections, and authorizes civil actions by aggrieved persons or the Attorney General to challenge violations.

The specific Right to Vote Act language was included in the voting-rights package considered by the Senate in January 2022.

delivered same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.5746 - Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
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The Senate roll call for cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to H.R.5746 shows: Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected; YEAs 49, NAYs 51; Ossoff (D-GA), Yea.

Ossoff voted to advance H.R.5746, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act containing the Right to Vote Act provisions, but the cloture motion failed.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 9
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Congress.gov lists S.2747 cosponsors and includes Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] dated 12/09/2021. The bill had 49 current cosponsors.

Ossoff cosponsored the Senate Freedom to Vote Act, which contained judicial protection of the federal right to vote and voter-challenge mechanisms closely matching the promised Right to Vote Act substance.

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Cosponsors - S.2747 - Freedom to Vote Act
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S.2747 text states: “Every citizen of legal voting age shall have the right to vote in elections for Federal office.” It also provides for civil actions challenging violations and standards for retrogression or substantial impairment of voting ability.

The bill Ossoff cosponsored contained statutory federal voting-right language and a court challenge mechanism for burdens on voting access.

delivered same_term A for effort

Text - S.2747 - Freedom to Vote Act
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] as an original cosponsor of S.1, the 118th Congress Freedom to Vote Act, dated 07/25/2023. The page reports 51 current cosponsors.

Ossoff continued supporting the successor voting-rights package in the next Congress within the same Senate term.

delivered same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - S.1 - Freedom to Vote Act
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