Schumer to Force Senate Vote on Sweeping Election Reform Bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters in Washington on May 28, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Senate will vote next month on a bill that would dramatically change how elections are run, the body’s top Democrat said on May 28.

S.1, also known as the For the People Act, will be voted on during the last full week in June, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Democrat colleagues in a memorandum.