I’m working to make it easier to vote, not harder – and that means federal automatic voter registration, nationwide early and mail voting, federal holidays for election days, and same day voter registration.
Make it easier to vote by enacting federal automatic voter registration, nationwide early and mail voting, federal holidays for election days, and same-day voter registration.
Occurrences
...working to end racist voter ID and suppression laws, restoring the full power of the Voting Rights Act, and ending gerrymandering.
Evidence
The issue page says Congress should make voting easier and explicitly lists automatic voter registration, nationwide early and mail voting, federal holidays for election days, and same day voter registration.
Congress.gov summarizes H.R.11 as expanding voter registration, including automatic and same-day registration, and voting access such as vote-by-mail and early voting, while also establishing Election Day as a federal holiday. The bill status is Introduced.
Congress.gov says S.1 expands automatic and same-day registration, vote-by-mail, and early voting, and establishes Election Day as a federal holiday. Its latest action is referral to committee and its status is Introduced.
The Senate roll call shows cloture on proceeding to S.2093, the For the People Act of 2021, was rejected 50-50. That bill was the earlier federal democracy package aimed at expanding ballot access.
Assessments
The promised federal voting-access package has not been enacted. The main matching vehicle, H.R.11 Freedom to Vote Act in the 118th Congress, included automatic and same-day voter registration, nationwide early and mail voting, and making Election Day a federal holiday, but it remained short of enactment. Lee publicly supported the package and was listed as a cosponsor of H.R.11, so she made a serious legislative effort, but the promised outcome was not delivered during her federal term.
The promised package required federal enactment of automatic voter registration, nationwide early and mail voting, Election Day federal holidays, and same-day registration. The supplied evidence shows the matching federal vehicles, including H.R.11 and S.1 in the 118th Congress, were introduced and referred but not enacted. That means the promised voting-access changes were not delivered during Lee's term. Because there was a serious legislative attempt through introduced federal legislation matching the promise, the effort badge is warranted even though the outcome failed.