113 HR 936 IH: People Before Party Act of 2013 U.S. House of Representatives 2013-03-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 936 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2013 Mr. Matheson (for himself and Mr. Dent) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to eliminate straight-party voting from any voting system used for Federal elections.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the People Before Party Act of 2013.

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Elimination of straight-party voting in Federal elections

Section 301(a)(6) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(6)) is amended by striking the period at the end of the sentence and inserting , except that no State may provide a voter with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate..