[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 28 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 28

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      regarding the right to vote.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2005

   Mr. Jackson of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. 
      Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Carson, Mrs. 
  Christensen, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
Fattah, Mr. Ford, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, 
 Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. 
 Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
   Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
 Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
 Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
  Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Waters, Ms. 
Watson, Mr. Watt, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wynn, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. 
  Davis of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Millender-
 McDonald, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Davis of Alabama) 
 introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      regarding the right to vote.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled 
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein),  That the following 
article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the 
Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. All citizens of the United States who are eighteen 
years of age or older shall have the right to vote in any public 
election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. The 
right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, any 
State, or any other public or private person or entity, except that the 
United States or any State may establish regulations narrowly tailored 
to produce efficient and honest elections.
    ``Section 2. Each State shall administer public elections in the 
State in accordance with election performance standards established by 
the Congress. The Congress shall reconsider such election performance 
standards at least once every four years to determine if higher 
standards should be established to reflect improvements in methods and 
practices regarding the administration of elections.
    ``Section 3. Each State shall provide any eligible voter the 
opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election.
    ``Section 4. The Congress shall have power to enforce and implement 
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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