[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 433]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       48. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Mr. Gregory D. 
     Watson of Austin, TX, relative to urging the United States 
     Congress to consider legislation which would change the time 
     of conducting the national general election from the first 
     Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered 
     years to instead the first full weekend in September of even-
     numbered years, with a run-off to be held the first full 
     weekend in October if no candidate for the office of U.S. 
     Representative, or for the office of U.S. Senator, or for the 
     offices of U.S. President and Vice-President receives 45% or 
     more of the total vote cast at the general election; which 
     was referred to the Committee on House Administration.