Biden and Booker pledge to back federal efforts to regulate some state elections

Joe Biden promised to push for reforms within his first 100 days in office that would allow the federal government to conduct oversight of how some jurisdictions with track records of voter discrimination conduct their elections.

The former vice president was asked at the 2019 National Urban League Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, to commit to introducing, passing, and signing a Voting Rights Act amendment bill that would roll-back certain voter suppression measures and restore the preclearance provision should he win the Democratic presidential nomination and White House next year.