Durbin Reintroduces Joint Resolution to Enshrine the Right to Vote in the Constitution
May 07, 2024
May 07, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced a joint resolution that would finally enshrine an explicit, individual right to vote in the U.S. Constitution, and protect all Americans who seek to exercise this fundamental right.
"In the words of the late John Lewis, the right to vote is 'the most powerful nonvi . . .
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced a joint resolution that would finally enshrine an explicit, individual right to vote in the U.S. Constitution, and protect all Americans who seek to exercise this fundamental right.
"In the words of the late John Lewis, the right to vote is 'the most powerful nonvi . . .