Continue fighting to protect every eligible American's right to vote free from federal interference, including in mail-in voting.

I will continue to fight for the right of every eligible American to cast their vote free from federal interference.

Mfume pledged to continue fighting to ensure eligible Americans can vote without federal interference, in the context of concerns about USPS handling of mail-in ballots.

Reps. Mfume, Krishnamoorthi Demand Answers from Postmaster General on Potential Political Interference in Mail-In Voting | Representative Kweisi Mfume
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GovInfo bill text lists H.R. 14 as introduced March 5, 2025, names Mr. Mfume among the Members introducing it, and says it was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill title states it would amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise coverage criteria.

Mfume was an original supporter of the 2025 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a concrete federal voting-rights protection bill in the 119th Congress.

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H.R. 14, 119th Congress, John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, Introduced in House
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The bill text treats as covered practices changes that reduce, consolidate, or relocate voting locations, including early, absentee, and election-day voting locations, and creates mechanisms to review voting changes that burden protected voters.

The 2025 bill Mfume backed directly addresses absentee voting access and federal review of voting changes, matching the promise to protect voting rights including mail-in voting.

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H.R. 14, 119th Congress, John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, Introduced in House
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Roll Call 260 was on passage of H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The Clerk records the status as Passed, 219 yeas to 212 nays, and records Mfume, Democrat of Maryland, voting Yea.

Mfume voted to pass the 2021 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the House, showing concrete action on federal voting-rights protections.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 260, H.R. 4
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Roll Call 9 was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment with a House amendment to H.R. 5746. The Clerk records the status as Passed, 220 yeas to 203 nays, and records Mfume, Democrat of Maryland, voting Yea.

Mfume voted for the House amendment that carried the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act package, another concrete voting-rights and election-access effort.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 9, H.R. 5746
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The House amendment text says the Act may be cited as the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Its voting-by-mail section says a state may not impose additional eligibility conditions for absentee voting by mail in federal elections, limits identification and notarization or witness requirements, provides ballot tracking, and requires completed absentee or mail-in ballots to be carried free of postage.

The bill Mfume voted for included national mail-in voting protections and election-mail safeguards, closely matching the mail-in-voting portion of the promise.

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H.R. 5746, 117th Congress, Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, Engrossed Amendment House
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The Senate vote was on invoking cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5746. The required majority was three-fifths, and the vote result was Cloture Motion Rejected, with 49 yeas and 51 nays.

The broader Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act effort that Mfume supported in the House was blocked in the Senate, so the promised federal protections were not enacted as law through that bill.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 9
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