[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 150 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H12045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII,

       122. The SPEAKER presented a petition of a Citizen of 
     Austin, Texas, relative to petitioning the United States 
     Congress to enact legislation mandating uniform ballots 
     nationwide for elections at which the office of President of 
     the United States, U.S. Senator, or U.S. Representative, are 
     to be decided by voters; further providing partial Federal 
     reimbursement to states, or localities, for the costs of 
     administering those elections at which any Federal office is 
     to be filled by voters; and finally requiring that absentee 
     ballots involving any Federal office be in the possession of 
     election officials no later than the actual date of the 
     election; which was referred to the Committee on House 
     Administration.