Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he plans to highlight three Democratic voting rights priorities on Thursday: Restoring a crucial piece of the Voting Rights Act, automatically registering voters and making Washington D.C. a state.

Schumer’s announcement comes after Democrats announced that voting rights would be a top priority after the midterm elections. The first piece of legislation introduced in the Democrat-controlled House contains a wide range of voting reforms, a move intended to signal the party’s commitment to expanding voting rights.

While Democrats acknowledge that their voting rights legislation is unlikely to pass while Republicans control the Senate and White House, they see the bills as an opportunity to underscore the party’s focus and show voters what they would pass if they had power.

Republicans have dominated the national conversation about voting rights in recent years with allegations of voter fraud. While several studies have shown that voter fraud is exceedingly rare, the GOP has been able to stir up fears of it remarkably effectively to justify voting restrictions.

“Denying access to the ballot to any eligible American citizen cuts against the heart of our democracy — the right to vote,” Schumer said in a statement.

The Senate minority leader announced Democrats’ priorities on the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the 1965 voting rights March in Selma, Alabama, where police beat civil rights activists on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.