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John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

This page analyzes a single policy using structured scoring, historical evidence, source quality, and measurable outcomes.

BlockedEvidence: LimitedData Quality: Good
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Summary

Proposed legislation to restore and modernize Voting Rights Act preclearance protections after Shelby County v. Holder.

How to Read This Record

Impact Reading

Very high documented impact

Evidence Base

Limited evidence from Government sources.

Data Completeness

Good record with 1 source and 1 metric.

Outcome Summary

Would strengthen protections against racially discriminatory voting changes, but did not become law.

Categories

Voting Rights

Impact Scores

This score is a structured measure of how directly and materially this policy affected Black communities, weighted by evidence, durability, and equity. Harm offset reduces the total score.

Total Impact Score

32

Directness

5

How explicitly the policy targeted or affected Black communities.

Material Impact

4

The practical real-world effect on conditions, rights, or outcomes.

Evidence

4

Strength of sourcing and historical support for the assessment.

Durability

0

How lasting the effects of the policy were over time.

Equity

5

Whether the policy advanced fairness, inclusion, or equal access.

Harm Offset

0

Any offsetting harms, limitations, exclusions, or contradictory effects that reduce the total.

Scoring Notes: Major proposed voting-rights restoration bill that did not pass.

Metrics

Restoration of Voting Rights Act preclearance framework

Black votersUnited States

Before

0.00

2020 • binary

After

0.00

2021 • binary

Methodology: Represents failure to restore preclearance protections after Shelby.

Related Promise Tracker

This policy is referenced in tracked presidential promises. Use these records to see how the policy fits into a broader promise, action, and outcome chain.

Tracked as blocked because major voting-rights legislation advanced in the House but did not clear the Senate, leaving the central federal promise unmet.

2 actions2 distinct sourcesLatest action: Aug 17, 2021

Suggested Relationships

These policies may be related based on shared categories, era, and proximity in time.

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

2021 Court Case Unknown party

Contemporary Era Negative

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 0

Freedom to Vote Act

2021 Law Democratic Party

Contemporary Era Blocked

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 0

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

2021 Law Democratic Party

Contemporary Era Blocked

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 0

Shelby County v. Holder

2013 Court Case Unknown party

Contemporary Era Negative

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 8

Motor Voter Act (National Voter Registration Act)

1993 Law Democratic Party

Contemporary Era Positive

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 28

Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006

2006 Law Republican Party

Post Civil Rights Era Positive

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 15

Sources

John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Congress.govGovernment

Government

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