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
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.
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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.
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Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] is listed as a cosponsor of H.R.1, added 01/09/2019.
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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.
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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.
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Latest Action: Senate - 03/11/2021 Received in the Senate. This bill has the status Passed House.
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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.
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Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] is listed as an original cosponsor of H.R.14 on 03/05/2025.
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Latest Action: House - 03/05/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. This bill has the status Introduced.
Assessments
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.