Inclusive Elections Act of 2021
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.
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.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4298 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4298
To clarify the disparate burden test, and for other purposes.
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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
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A BILL
To clarify the disparate burden test, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Inclusive Elections Act of 2021''.
SEC. 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.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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