Freedom to Vote Act
Official title: To expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Freedom to Vote Act
This bill addresses voter registration and voting access, election integrity and security, redistricting, and campaign finance.
Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.
Next, the bill establishes Election Day as a federal holiday.
The bill declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence.
The bill establishes certain federal criminal offenses related to voting. In particular, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for conduct (or attempted conduct) to corruptly hinder, interfere with, or prevent another person from registering to vote or helping someone register to vote.
Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including by requiring states to conduct post-election audits for federal elections.
The bill outlines criteria for congressional redistricting and generally prohibits mid-decade redistricting.
The bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Committee on House Administration
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
- Financial Services Committee
- Homeland Security Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Social Security Subcommittee
- Ways and Means Committee
- BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
- SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.
- LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.
- SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.
- LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Bureau of the Census
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 11: Freedom to Vote Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-11/
"H.R. 11: Freedom to Vote Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-11/.
H.R. 11, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-11/.
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