Scorecard for Lindsey Graham

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The ACLU urged Senators to vote yes on a motion to proceed with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in order to consider Senators Leahy, Murkowski, Manchin, and Durbin’s bipartisan compromise language. The legislation would restore and update the protections of the Voting Rights Act based on current conditions to ensure voters and communities of color have the tools and protections they need to fight discriminatory laws and practices, including a provision that would require places with the worst records of discrimination or greatest risk of discrimination to submit proposed voting changes before they go into effect. The bill also includes the Native American Voting Rights Act in response to the unique challenges, barriers, and discriminatory tactics facing Native American voters.

Official title of bill

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

(S. 4)

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The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act would conduct an assessment of hate crimes during COVID-19, create an online reporting system with disaggregated data, and enhance awareness of the alarming rise in hate crimes. Additionally, by including the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, the bill would strengthen hate crimes reporting by state and local law enforcement and provide community-centered solutions.

Official title of bill

COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

(S. 937)

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It is the constitutional duty of members of Congress to certify states’ certified electoral votes for president and vice president. The effort by some members of Congress to overrule certain states’ certified 2020 presidential election results is illegitimate and based on false allegations of voter fraud — a trope used throughout our country’s history to target the voting rights and political power of racial minorities. Despite more than 60 legal challenges that were filed to subvert the will of the people, the courts, federal and state, were unanimous in their rejection of these false claims. The ACLU's position is consistent with its position after the 2000 election, when it did not support efforts to block Congress from counting Florida's electoral college votes for George W. Bush, despite disagreement with the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore.

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Objection to Counting Electoral College Votes: Pennsylvania

(N/A)

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It is the constitutional duty of members of Congress to certify states’ certified electoral votes for president and vice president. The effort by some members of Congress to overrule certain states’ certified 2020 presidential election results is illegitimate and based on false allegations of voter fraud — a trope used throughout our country’s history to target the voting rights and political power of racial minorities. Despite more than 60 legal challenges that were filed to subvert the will of the people, the courts, federal and state, were unanimous in their rejection of these false claims. The ACLU's position is consistent with its position after the 2000 election, when it did not support efforts to block Congress from counting Florida's electoral college votes for George W. Bush, despite disagreement with the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore.

Official title of bill

Objection to Counting Electoral College Votes: Arizona

(N/A)