Introduced
September 15, 2026
Mr. Wyden (for himself, Ms. Alsobrooks, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Luján, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Designating September 2026 as “National Voting Rights Month”.
- (1) designates September 2026 as “National Voting Rights Month”;
- (2) encourages all people in the United States to uphold the right of every citizen to exercise the sacred and fundamental right to vote;
- (3) encourages Congress to pass—
- (A) the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 (S. 2523, H.R. 14, 119th Congress), to strengthen protections for voters by restoring and modernizing key protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) to prevent discriminatory gerrymandering and to ensure minority voting rights are safeguarded; and