U.S. Congress
A bill known as the Freedom to Vote Act earned 51 no votes and 49 yes votes. The initial the bill, called the For the People Act when it was brought to the Senate in March, was passed in the House of Congress where the Democrats retain a majority. The bill then went to the Senate. It did not pass in large part because Senate Republicans choose to filibuster it.
Elections
With just a couple of weeks left before the gubernatorial election in Virginia, a concerned citizen's group in Fairfax County has filed a civil complaint alleging that the Election Board is not following the law. Absentee and mail-in ballots are at the heart of the lawsuit, which was filed by the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, and the problem is related to the manner in which these votes are being handled.