Senators ranked: Pro-voting-access
All 100 senators ranked by how often they voted for expanding mail voting, early voting and easier registration, across 13 recorded Senate votes. A higher grade means the senator voted for the Pro-voting-access side more often.
Official Senate roll-call votes (via Voteview)
A means the senator voted for this side most often — not that the senator is better. F means the senator voted against this side most often. Based on votes through 2026-08-08.
How did each senator score on democracy & elections?
Which votes count?
| Date | Bill | Question | Side counted | Weight | Why it counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-05-20 | S250 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | National Voter Registration ("motor voter") Act (1992) |
| 1992-09-22 | S250 | On Overriding the Veto | Yea | 2 | Override of the veto of the motor voter act (1992) |
| 1993-03-16 | S460 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | Cloture on the motor voter act that became law (1993) |
| 2021-06-22 | S2093 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Yea | 1 | For the People Act: expands mail voting, early voting and automatic registration |
| 2021-08-11 | S1 | On the Motion to Discharge | Yea | 1 | Motion to bring the For the People Act to the floor |
| 2021-10-20 | S2747 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Yea | 1 | Freedom to Vote Act: sets national rules for early and mail voting |
| 2021-11-03 | S4 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Yea | 1 | John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: restores federal review of state voting changes |
| 2022-01-19 | HR5746 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | Combined Freedom to Vote and John Lewis voting rights bill |
| 2026-03-26 | S1383 | On the Cloture Motion | Nay | 1 | Bill requiring photo ID to vote |
| 2026-04-23 | SCONRES33 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Budget step toward voter ID requirements |
| 2026-06-04 | S2 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Proof of citizenship to register plus photo ID |
| 2026-06-05 | S2 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Proof of citizenship to register plus photo ID (second version) |
| 2026-08-08 | S5271 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Nay | 1 | Bill requiring photo ID under the Help America Vote Act |