Protect voting rights from federal interference by amending federal law so Americans can sue in federal court for constitutional voting-rights violations by federal election or election-enforcement अधिकारियों.

Seth Moulton · Massachusetts · Democratic

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Occurrences

introduced the Protecting American Voters’ Rights Act, a bill that would permit Americans to sue in federal court for constitutional violations of their voting rights

Moulton introduced legislation to create a federal cause of action for voting-rights violations by federal officials.

Moulton Introduces Legislation to Protect Voting Rights from Federal Interference | Congressman Seth Moulton
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Evidence

H.R.1 would amend 52 U.S.C. 10101(c) to add that any person aggrieved by violations including hindering, interfering with, or preventing voting or registering to vote may institute a civil action for preventive relief in a United States district court.

The 2019 For the People Act contained a private federal-court enforcement mechanism for voting interference, matching the core mechanism in the promise, but it was only proposed legislation.

never same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.1 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): For the People Act of 2019
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Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] is listed as a cosponsor of H.R.1, added 01/09/2019.

Moulton took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring the For the People Act of 2019.

never same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.1 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): For the People Act of 2019
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Latest Action: Senate - 03/14/2019 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. This bill has the status Passed House.

H.R.1 passed the House but did not become law in the 116th Congress, so the promised statutory change was not delivered then.

never same_term A for effort

Actions - H.R.1 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): For the People Act of 2019
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Roll Call 62 recorded H.R.1, For the People Act, as passed 220-210; Rep. Moulton of Massachusetts voted Yea.

Moulton again advanced the relevant voting-rights bill by voting for House passage in 2021.

never later_term A for effort

Roll Call 62 | Bill Number: H. R. 1, 117th Congress
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Latest Action: Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. This bill has the status Passed House.

The 2021 version also failed to become law; House passage and Senate receipt did not amend federal law.

never later_term A for effort

Actions - H.R.1 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): For the People Act of 2021
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H.R.14 would allow an aggrieved person or the Attorney General to institute actions where a voting practice would deny a citizen the right to vote in violation of the 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, or 26th Amendments, or violate federal voting-discrimination law.

The 2025 John Lewis bill closely matches the promise’s constitutional voting-rights enforcement concept, but it is proposed legislation, not enacted law.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Text - H.R.14 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
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Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] is listed as an original cosponsor of H.R.14 on 03/05/2025.

Moulton continued to support related voting-rights private-enforcement legislation in later federal service.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.14 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
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Latest Action: House - 03/05/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. This bill has the status Introduced.

As of the provided assessment date, H.R.14 had not passed the House, passed the Senate, gone to the President, or become law, so it had not fulfilled the promise.

never later_term A for effort

Actions - H.R.14 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

The promised outcome required an enacted federal statutory change creating a federal-court private right of action for constitutional voting-rights violations by federal election or enforcement officials. Moulton materially supported closely related legislation, including cosponsoring H.R.1 in 2019, voting for H.R.1 in 2021, and serving as an original cosponsor of H.R.14 in 2025. However, those bills did not become law; the current H.R.14 remains only introduced/referred in committee. That is a serious legislative effort but not delivery of the promised legal change.

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