3.0.0 2398 2019-11-15T21:33:34Z 2019-11-15T21:33:34Z House H HR 2005-05-17 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-05-17T13:01:10Z 2005-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 N Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Ex-offenders Government publicity Prisoners Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-05-17 Introduced in House 2005-05-31T15:20:20Z Constitutional Protection of the Right to Vote Act - Provides that the right of a citizen to vote shall not be denied or abridged because that citizen has been convicted of a criminal offense, unless such citizen is, at the time of the vote, serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility or is otherwise under the supervision or actual or constructive custody of a governmental authority pursuant to that conviction.

Requires each correctional institution or facility to establish and carry out a system of notice to ensure that persons being released from that institution or facility are informed of the right to vote protected by this Act.

]]> Constitutional Protection of the Right to Vote Act Short Titles as Introduced Constitutional Protection of the Right to Vote Act Display Title Constitutional Protection of the Right to Vote Act Official Title as Introduced To provide fairness in voter participation. Introduced in House 2005-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2398ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2398ih.xml 2005-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.