Inclusive Elections Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4298
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2021-07-01
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Inclusive Elections Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill requires courts, when hearing challenges to election laws, to consider whether the law has a disparate impact on members of a protected class of citizens.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires courts to consider whether (1) the challenged standard, practice, or procedure imposes a disparate burden on members of a protected class of citizens; and (2) the disparate burden is related to social and historical conditions that produce discrimination against members of the protected class.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4298 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2021 Mr. Jones (for himself, Mr. Gallego , and Ms. Jackson Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To clarify the disparate burden test, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inclusive Elections Act of 2021 . 2. Disparate burden test Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10301 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) In determining whether members of a class of citizens have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice, a court shall consider whether— (1) the challenged standard, practice, or procedure imposes a disparate burden on members of a class of citizens protected by subsection (a); and (2) the disparate burden is in part caused by or related to social and historical conditions that produce or produced discrimination against members of the protected class. .