| The bill would empower the Justice Department and federal courts to review state election laws — in some cases, before they take effect — restoring provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that have been struck down by the Supreme Court in a series of decisions since 2013. Democrats have sought to pass voting legislation this year in response to the state-level GOP push to restrict ballot access following former president Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 election. | 
