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
Congress.gov lists H.R.11 as the Freedom to Vote Act, introduced July 18, 2023, with status Introduced and 217 cosponsors.
Congress.gov cosponsor entry: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] - 07/25/2023.
Bill text includes sections on early voting, voting by mail, preventing election subversion, and congressional redistricting criteria.
Congress.gov lists H.R.14 as introduced September 19, 2023, referred to Judiciary, with status Introduced and 218 cosponsors.
Congress.gov cosponsor entry: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]* - 09/19/2023.
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.