The Solution

Lawmakers must make the Senate work again, as it has in the past, and immediately pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

The Freedom to Vote Act would make Election Day a federal holiday, ban partisan congressional maps, reduce waiting lines at the polls, expand mail-in voting, force campaigns to be more transparent about where they’re getting their money, and prevent partisan officials from interfering in election administration, or worse, rejecting legitimate federal election results.

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would require states with a recent history of discriminatory voting practices to get all voting rules changes approved by federal officials.

These bills have broad support from corporate America. A new survey reveals that three in four business leaders back amending Senate rules to get this legislation passed.