Promise
Protect Black voting rights through the Lodge Elections Bill
Harrison is tracked as failed because, although he supported stronger federal voting-rights protection, the Lodge Elections Bill did not become law, leaving Black voters without the renewed national enforcement framework the administration had backed.
President
Benjamin Harrison
Status
Failed
Topic
Voting Rights / Federal Enforcement
Actions
3
Outcomes
1
Impact Context
Documented outcome directions: Negative.
Promise Text
Benjamin Harrison backed the Lodge Elections Bill as a federal response to Southern voter suppression, seeking stronger national supervision of congressional elections in order to protect Black voting rights where state authorities would not.
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