Voting Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, yesterday joined his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Floor to speak out against President Trump’s and Republicans’ ongoing attacks on the right to vote and pledge his…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and a member of the Rules Committee, released the following reaction to President Trump’s Executive Order, signed this week seeking to deny the right to vote to eligible…

Bill will increase accountability for election-related disinformation  WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) this week in reintroducing the Digital Integrity in Democracy Act, legislation to increase accountability…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow people convicted of a felony to vote in federal elections, a proposal that if enacted could restore the voting rights of millions of people in U.S. elections. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Sen.…