It has never been of greater consequence that we stand up against these attacks by passing federal legislation to secure our democracy and defend the right to vote, including: ending voter suppression and expanding vote-by-mail and early-vote nationwide; ending partisan gerrymandering; and protecting against attempts to subvert or overturn the results of our elections.
I will support federal legislation to secure democracy and defend the right to vote, including ending voter suppression, expanding vote-by-mail and early voting nationwide, ending partisan gerrymandering, and protecting election results.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Congress.gov lists H.R.11 as the Freedom to Vote Act, introduced July 18, 2023, with status Introduced and 217 cosponsors.
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Congress.gov cosponsor entry: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] - 07/25/2023.
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Bill text includes sections on early voting, voting by mail, preventing election subversion, and congressional redistricting criteria.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.14 as introduced September 19, 2023, referred to Judiciary, with status Introduced and 218 cosponsors.
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Congress.gov cosponsor entry: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]* - 09/19/2023.
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Congress.gov cosponsor entry: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]* - 03/05/2025.
Assessments
The promise was to support federal democracy and voting-rights legislation, not necessarily to enact it singlehandedly. During Scholten's first House term, she cosponsored H.R.11, the Freedom to Vote Act, which covered early voting, vote-by-mail, anti-gerrymandering provisions, and protections against election subversion, and she also cosponsored H.R.14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Those same-term cosponsorships directly satisfy the promised support for federal legislation, even though the bills did not become law.