A2. Democracy - Voting Rights

[AnthonyAú]

Platform - Green Party US
  I. Democracy
    A. Political Reforms
      2. Voting Rights

• Enact a national "right to vote" law and a constitutional amendment, so that every citizen of the United States who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
  
  (https://www.fairvote.org/right_to_vote_amendment)
  
  Establish, through state and federal legislation, same-day registration and and universal automatic voter registration, along with fail-safe voting procedures, so that eligible voters whose names are not on the voter rolls or whose information is out-of-date can correct the rolls and vote on the same day.
  
  Give people more choices about where and when they vote, without undermining the ability to vote in the local community where one resides.
  
• Amend the Federal Voting Rights Act to enact a new Section 5 pre-clearance provision to ensure that state governments do not enact laws restricting the right to vote.
  
  Clarify that Section 2 provides for a board understanding of 'disproportionate negative impact' upon protected classes. Ensure that proportional representation elections are considered valid remedies for Voting Rights Act cases, in both Federal and State Voting Rights Acts.
  
• Make it easier to meet the goals of the Federal Voting Rights Acts, by expanding the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in combination with elections from multi-seat districts by proportional representation, because more seats – and more proportionally-awarded seats – means fewer conflicts among multiple traditionally under-represented groups competing for too few winner-take-all seats.
  
• Establish, through state legislation, the preregistration of sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds and provide educational opportunities for them to practice voting as part of the preregistration process.
  
• Allow felon voting while incarcerated. Restore full citizenship rights to felons upon completion of their sentence, including the right to run for elected office.
  
  Enable greater enfranchisement of overseas voters.
  
• Make Election Day a national holiday and/or have weekend elections.
  
• Enact statehood for the District of Columbia. Ensure that citizens of the District of Columbia have the same rights and representation as all other U.S. citizens