3.0.0 4679 2023-01-11T13:31:56Z 2023-01-11T13:31:56Z House HR 2016-03-03 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 35 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DENT:H.R. 4679.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H1144]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2016-03-03T14:02:30Z 2016-03-03 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2016-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000604 Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] Charles Dent R PA W. 15 N C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2016-03-03 True Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political parties and affiliation Government Operations and Politics 00 2016-03-03 Introduced in House 2016-03-08T21:58:18Z People Before Party Act of 2016

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or "straight-party voting.")

]]> People Before Party Act of 2016 Display Title People Before Party Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to eliminate straight-party voting from any voting system used for Federal elections. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced People Before Party Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4679ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4679ih.xml 2016-03-03 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. 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.