A new push for the 28th constitutional amendment is underway: Two Democratic congressmen are sponsoring an amendment to give citizen the “affirmative right” to vote. Representatives Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Keith Ellison of Minnesota introduced the amendment to combat what they call “measures to restrict access to voting rights,” such as voter-ID laws and early-voting deadlines.

According to Talking Points Memo, the amendment guarantees that “every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.” The “burden” would then be put on the states to assure the federal government that they are not infringing citizens’ ability to vote, Pocan explained.

“We have a number of amendments that protect against discrimination in voting, but we don’t have an affirmative right,” he said. Pocan accused Republican-controlled state legislatures of suppressing voters by “trying to control who goes to vote.”

Pocan said the amendment is “fairly new” and “just in the process of gaining co-sponsors,” but didn’t say whether he expected it to pass. He also said there is no counterpart legislation in the Senate.