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119-sres-390119th Congress

A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Voting Rights Month".

Sponsored By: Senator Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Introduced

Summary

Promote and protect voting rights nationwide. This resolution would designate September 2025 as National Voting Rights Month and push for measures to expand ballot access, improve civic education, and restore key Voting Rights Act protections.

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  • Highlights harms to voters, noting about 4 million people are disenfranchised due to felony convictions, including 1 in 16 Black adults, and calls out purges, reduced early voting, photo ID rules, and other barriers that can block participation.
  • Asks public schools and universities to teach voting history, how to register, where to vote, and different voting methods to boost civic knowledge among students.
  • Urges Congress to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 (S.2523, H.R.14) to modernize the Voting Rights Act and address discriminatory redistricting.
  • Emphasizes the importance of mail voting and the Postal Service, praises a John R. Lewis stamp, and invites Congress to fund public service announcements across TV, radio, print, social media, and transit to remind people about registration and turnout.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

OR • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

    ME • I

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]

    VT • I

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

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