ELECTIONS

Addresses

Democratic National Convention: Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, 20536, 20537 [23JY], 20695 [24JY], 21214-21216 26JY, 21347-21349 [26JY]

Do the Eyes Have It?—Television and Presidential Campaigns, 6462 [22MR]

Importance of Voter Participation: Leonard H. Goldenson for the American Broadcasting Co., 28818 [2OC], 28981 [3OC]

Inauguration of President Jose Napoleon Duarte of El Salvador, 16326-16327 [13JN]

Introduction of Walter F. Mondale at the Democratic National Convention: Senator Kennedy, 24607 [7SE]

Networks' Voluntary Restraint for Projection of Election Results (sundry excerpts), 11193 [7MY]

Nomination by Acclamation Accepted by Ferraro, 21089 [25JY]

Notre Dame University, Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York, 25505 [14SE]

Puerto Rican Voters—Road to Discovery: Representative Biaggi, 19448-19451 [27JN]

Reagan-Bush Presidential Election Ticket, Vice President Bush, 1029 [31JA]

Statement on the May 14 National Assembly Elections: Roberto G. Brillante, 5393 [13MR]

Amendments

Quadrennial political party Presidential national nomination conventions: increase Federal contribution (H.R. 5950), 20095, 20146 [29JN]

Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act: enact (H.R. 1250), 25159 [12SE]

Appointments

Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): members, 21141 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

About Press Vendettas, 30745 [5OC]

Americans `Radical'? Absolutely!, 21370 [26JY]

Bad Reasoning by TV Networks, 7150 [29MR]

Battalions for the Ballot, 29920 [4OC]

Brodhead's PAC Attack Under Fire, 4732 [6MR]

Bush Accuses Mondale of ``Piling On'', 27405 [27SE]

CALPEEK Readers Hate Exit Polls, 6796 [27MR]

Candidates, Discuss Appointees Now, 5093 [8MR]

Carter Dillydallies on Hostage Crisis, Reagan Charges, 27409 [27SE]

Carter Is 5 Months Late on Iran, Reagan Says, 27409 [27SE]

Case for Free Trade Still Hasn't Been Made, 21212 [26JY]

Churchill and Reagan, 10387 [30AP]

Cuomo's Sense of Community Is a Political Hand-Me-Down, 20748 [24JY]

Democracy Enlarged—Also Polluted—Cheating the Voters on the Evening News, 7996 5AP, 8264 [5AP], 9563 [12AP]

Democrats Are Running Hard but May Have Lost Their Way, 19483 [28JN]

Doves Return to Harvard for a Day (sundry excerpts), 1476 [2FE]

Duluth Woman Attends Antiwar Conference, 25417 [13SE]

Early Presidential Debates Urged, 3534 [27FE]

Early Projections—Facts With Sources More Believable, 17983 [21JN]

Economic Speech Reagan Should Make, 16319 [13JN]

Election Arms Moratorium Is Needed—Ban on New Weapons Would Let Next President Decide Future, 3968 [29FE]

Election Duty Dooms IRA, 6798 [27MR]

Elections in El Salvador, 9519 [12AP]

Elections Yes, Opposition No, 26174 [19SE]

Enough, Enough, 19987 [28JN]

Exit Polls and Media Projections of Election Results, 6035 [20MR]

Farewell Prophecy—Mondale's Chances Are Worth a Bet, 18599 [25JN]

Farewell to an Antique, 6307 [21MR]

Farrakhan Claims Israel Exists as an ``Outlaw Act'', 19612 [28JN]

Farrakhan Statement May Hurt Democrats, 19613 [28JN]

For the Greater Good, 30340 [5OC]

Give the Military a Chance To Vote!, 11458 [8MY]

Going Soft on Steel, 21211 [26JY]

GOP Platform—Grounds for Worry, 31712 [10OC]

Gun Ban Sponsor Nominated for Vice President, 30726 [5OC]

Hattie Caraway, 20683 [24JY]

Hispanics' Political Star Ascending, 7876 [4AP]

Hostages Being Used, 27416 [27SE]

Hostages—Reagan Says U.S. Should Meet Nearly All Iranian Demands, 27411 [27SE]

How the Democratic Twig Was Bent, 24562 [6SE]

If GOP Didn't Have Goldwater, It Would Have To Invent Him, 24923 [11SE]

Impact of Early News Projections of Election Results (excerpt), 18757 [26JN]

Is Business So Secure in a PAC's Americana?, 8616 [10AP]

It's Hard To Be Neutral on Louis Farrakhan, 19613 [28JN]

Jane Fonda and the Democratic Party, 26058 [19SE]

Jewish Leader Vows Fight Over Farrakhan, 19612 [28JN]

Legislating Morality, 25557 [17SE]

Look at the Mini-Mills, Steel's Future Lies in the Marketplace, Not Protectionism, 21211 [26JY]

Make My Day; Tell a Little Lie, 6569 [26MR]

McGovern Forces Swing Convention to Their Man, 14389 [24MY]

Mondale, Hart, and Asbestos, 15290 [7JN]

Most Californians Want Ballots in English Only, 30268 [4OC]

Mr. Mondale's Inflation Tax (excerpts), 28824-28826 [2OC]

Multilingual Election Ballots (excerpt), 7076 [29MR]

Network Projections v. Voter Rights, 31060 [9OC], 31411 [10OC]

Networks Getting Message on Polls, 10609 [1MY]

New Republicans—They Could Make a Mark in Maryland, 3951 [29FE]

New Revolution in Nicaragua, 9520 [12AP]

Newest Gary Hart (excerpts), 10766 [2MY]

One Man's Opinion, 15518 [7JN]

Origins of the Reagan Revolution, 16631 [14JN]

PAC-Man's Game—Eating Legislators, 25942 [18SE]

Party Urges Jackson To Cut Farrakhan Tie, 19613 [28JN]

Picture-Perfect President, 29634 [3OC]

Political Dueling on Hostage Issue, 27415 [27SE]

Polls—Public Endorses Mandatory Seat Belt Use, 30766 [5OC]

Presidential Candidate Reagan on the Iranian Hostage Crisis, 27405-27407 [27SE]

Press and the Public—Polls Apart, 5148 [12MR]

Press Guess—TV's Early Vote Projection—Narcissism Before the News, 4533 [5MR]

Prince of Planks—Paul Tully, Mondale's Platform Builder, 17745 [21JN]

Pronounce PAC's ``Pox'', 7427 [2AP]

Reagan, Talking Tough, Calls Carter Deceptive on Defense, 27410 [27SE]

Reagan Assails Carter for Inaction on Hostages, 27415 [27SE]

Reagan Asserts Right To Rap U.S. Policy, 27408, 27416 [27SE]

Reagan Blames Gulf Conflict on Carter Policy, 27413 [27SE]

Reagan Faults Administration on Hostages, 27411 [27SE]

Reagan Quiet on Sensitive Iran Issue, 27416 [27SE]

Reagan Raises Hostage Issue in Campaign, 27414 [27SE]

Reagan Rejects Charge by Carter on Criticism, 27417 [27SE]

Reagan Rejects Military Action To Free Iran Hostages, 27409 [27SE]

Reagan Rules Out Military Force in Iran, 27410 [27SE]

Reagan Says Carter Acted Too Late With Iran Mission, 27410 [27SE]

Reagan Says Carter Is To Blame for Afghanistan, 27405 [27SE]

Reagan Says Carter Policy Led to Hostage Dilemma, 27414 [27SE]

Reagan Seeks To Stress Arms Issue Without Seeming ``Trigger-Happy'', 27410 [27SE]

Reagan Sees Need for President To Draw the Line With Iran on Hostages, 27408 [27SE]

Reagan Set Down His Position on Hostage Release Demands, 27411 [27SE]

Reagan Steps Up Criticism of Carter, 27407 [27SE]

Reagan Would Bar an Apology to Iran, 27408 [27SE]

Reagan—Action To Rescue Hostages ``Long Overdue'', 27409 [27SE]

Reagan's Criticisms of Congress Ring Hollow, 22302 [2AU]

Reagan's Emphasis on Talks a Shift From 1980 Campaign, 28793 [2OC]

Sandinista Democracy? Unlikely, 4837 [7MR]

Social Security—New Realism, 22061-22063 [1AU]

Stepped-Up Role Seen After U.S. Elections, 8628 [10AP]

Suddenly, a New Trade War Looms—An ITC Ruling on Steel Heightens Protectionism as a Campaign Issue, 21210 [26JY]

Tales of Two Elections, 9551 [12AP]

Ten Ways To Improve TV's Campaign Coverage, 2810 [21FE]

U.S. Hinders Change in Uruguay, 24151 [10AU]

U.S. Should Look Within, Not Abroad, for Cause of Its Steel Industry Ills, 21212 [26JY]

Unfilled Promises of Supply Side Economics—Voting Isn't Simple, 30155 [4OC]

Unhinging of the Liberal Democrat, 10003 [25AP]

Voters Must Reject Politicians Who Run Up Huge Deficits, 23379 [9AU]

Waltergate, 23388-23394 [9AU]

We Democrats Could Win, but We Won't—Bashing Reagan Isn't What the Country Wants, 20773 [25JY]

We're Losing Political and Historical Treasures, 22282 [2AU]

Westergaard—Reagan Will Bury Mondale, 11069 [3MY]

What Recovery?, 30726 [5OC]

Who and Why of Big-Bucks Politics, 428 [25JA]

Who Says Reagan's a Shoo-In?, 4844 [7MR]

Why Not a Real Debate?, 31750 [10OC]

Why We Must Help El Salvador, 7419 [2AP]

Wielding a Twig, 27405 [27SE]

Will Soviets Meddle With Our Election?, 11049 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: campaigns (see H.R. 5307)

Bilingual ballots: States' determination (see H.R. 4917)

———terminate requirement (see S. 2488)

Broadcasting stations: obligations to legally qualified candidates (see S. 2241)

———obscene matter by candidates (see H.R. 4699)

Campaign funds: prohibit use for foreign travel (see H.R. 6020)

Campaigns: regulate advertising (see S. 2509; H.R. 5307)

Confidential campaign papers: penalty for theft (see H.R. 5719)

Electoral college: change date for counting votes (see H.J. Res. 649)

FEC: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2640; H.R. 5606)

Federal Election Campaign Act: registration (see H.R. 6147)

Gifts: limit receipt from foreign countries or individuals (see H.R. 6020)

Griffin, Patrick J.: Senate Legal Counsel representation in Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. and LaRouche Campaign v. Donald T. Regan (see S. Res. 413)

Guatemala: sense of Congress on free and fair elections (see H. Con. Res. 350)

Handicapped: improve access to registration and polling places (see H.R. 5762)

Labor unions: reporting of contributions (see H.R. 6114)

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment limiting terms of office (see H.J. Res. 658)

Multicandidate political committees: contribution restrictions (see H.R. 4861)

News media: criminal penalty for exit polling done with intent to reveal results prematurely (see H.R. 6431)

———sense of Congress with respect to adverse impact of early projections of results (see H. Con. Res. 321)

Political action committees: repeal tax credit for certain contributions (see H.R. 6360)

Post-card registration (see H.R. 5815)

President and Vice President: single 6-year term of office (see H.J. Res. 658)

President-elect and Vice-President-elect: authorizing use of Capitol rotunda for inauguration ceremonies (see S. Con. Res. 144)

Presidential candidates: limit on Secret Service protection (see H.R. 6063)

Presidential primaries or caucuses: restricted period (see S. 2890; H.R. 6054)

Pretrial detainees, convicted misdemeanants, and persons appealing their convictions: enfranchisement (see H. Con. Res. 335)

Primaries: 18-year-old persons (see H.R. 4958)

———eliminate runoff (see H.R. 5822)

Quadrennial political party Presidential national nominating conventions: increase Federal contribution (see H.R. 5950)

Radio stations: equal opportunity requirements (see H.R. 5056)

———obligations to legally qualified candidates (see H.R. 5120)

Results: voluntary restraint by radio and television industry (see H. Res. 395)

Secret Service: limit on protection of Presidential candidates (see H.R. 6063)

Senate: campaign cost limitation and public financing (see S. 2415)

———public financing (see S. 2283)

States: uniform primary date (see H.R. 5269)

Taxation: deny loss deductions for stocks in certain political action committees (see S. 2349)

Television stations: equal opportunity requirements (see H.R. 5056)

———obligations to legally qualified candidates (see H.R. 5120)

24-hour voting (see H.R. 4618)

Voter registration forms and absentee ballots: mailing free of postage (see S. 2806; H.R. 5944)

Broadcasts

Early projections of election results by the networks: Ron Handberg, 14757 [31MY]

Meet the Press: with George Bush (1980), 27417 [27SE]

Communiques

Salvadoran electoral process and the political, economic, and social crisis from which the country is suffering: Democratic Popular Unity of El Salvador, 9589 [12AP]

Essays

Can One Vote Make a Difference?: Debbie Dunn, 18617 [25JN]

Explanations

Franked mail limitations for candidates for public office, 644 [26JA]

Guidelines

Investigation of unauthorized transfer of information and material from the Carter administration to the Reagan campaign, 5523 [14MR]

Interviews

Central America—campaign issues: President Reagan with New York (NY) Times, 7713 [4AP]

Hostage crisis: Presidential candidate Reagan, 27412-27413 [27SE]

Letters

Elections in El Salvador: Arturo Rivera Y Damas, 9009 [11AP]

Federal contribution for the quadrennial political party presidential national nomination conventions (sundry), 20200 [29JN]

Funding of Mondale Presidential campaign: John T. Dolan, for the National Conservative Political Action Committee, 23388 [9AU]

Impact of early news projections of election results: California Congressional Delegation, 12094 [14MY]

———Curtis B. Gans, 18752 [26JN]

———Daniel L. Ritchie, 18751 [26JN]

———Linda Tarr-Whelan, 18753 [26JN]

———March Fong Eu, 11962 [10MY]

———Robert W. Ross, 18751 [26JN]

———Tom Bradley, 18752 [26JN]

Ralph Munro, 15265 [6JN]

Obligations of broadcasters to qualified candidates for public office: FCC, 1318 [1FE]

Voting accessibility for the elderly and handicapped: Michael E. Lavelle, Association of Election Commission Officials of Illinois, 18494 [25JN]

We are less secure than four years ago: Representative Stark, 32557 [12OC]

Lists

Asian Pacific American Voters Coalition member organizations, 2060 [7FE]

Memorandums

Impact of Early News Projections of Election Results: League of Women Voters of the U.S., 18753 [26JN]

Memorials of legislature

Maine, 25008 [12SE]

Notices

Filing and public availability of Federal Election Campaign Act reports, 30462 [5OC]

Orders

Termination of inquiry concerning Harrison Williams: Select Committee on Ethics, 10825 [3MY]

Petitions

Handicapped and elderly accessibility to registration and polling places: International Institute of Municipal Clerks, 21387 [27JY]

———Municipal Clerks of Illinois, IL, 19642 [28JN]

Platform

Building America's Future: Democratic Party, 24202-24230 [5SE]

Polls of opinion

Early network election projections, 10234 [26AP]

Press releases

Elections in El Salvador, 9519 [12AP]

Jesse Jackson repudiates Louis Farrakhan's remarks, 19615 [28JN]

Remarks in House

Abortion: impact of Presidential election on freedom of choice, 28798 [2OC]

Absentee ballots: permit postage free mailing, 19162 [27JN]

American people's agenda: current issues, 27366-27375 [26SE]

Bilingual voting ballots and election materials: permit States to determine necessity (H.R. 4917), 3197 [23FE]

Bush, Vice President: Vice Presidential debate, 32315 [11OC]

California: reapportionment of political districts, 27636 [28SE]

Campaign documents: extend criminal law to prevent theft of confidential, 14027 [23MY]

Campaign integrity: insure, 21431 [27JY]

Central America activities: antigovernment forces, 31576 [10OC]

Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition: fundraising campaigns, 24541 [6SE]

Citizens overseas: voting rights, 20456 [29JN]

Coehlo, Representative: remarks relative to President Reagan's age, 31342, 31345 [10OC]

Congressional campaigns: limit contributions by political action committees (H.R. 4428), 7427 [2AP]

Congressional Research Service: commissioned by Representative O'Neill to report on television coverage of the opposition party, 29314 [3OC]

Criminal offenders: right to vote (H. Con. Res. 335), 20455 [29JN]

Democratic National Convention: activities, 20535-20542 [23JY]

———appreciation for San Francisco's hospitality, 21229 [26JY]

Democratic Party: campaign rhetoric, 24312 [5SE]

———effort to register prisoners to vote, 10730 [2MY]

Democratic platform, 20686 [24JY]

Democratic policies: comparison, 24662 [10SE]

———status, 26309 [20SE]

Duarte, Jose Napolean: winner of Salvadoran Presidential elections, 11468 [8MY]

Economic policies: comparison, 24413 [6SE]

El Salvador: importance of elections, 9008-9013 [11AP], 9519 [12AP]

———military assistance to insure free elections, 7419 [2AP]

Election projections: discourage early, 6307 [21MR], 11962 [10MY], 12094 [14MY], 23099 [8AU], 24564 [6SE]

———proposed curbs on early, 3979 [29FE]

Electoral votes: date for counting (H.J. Res. 649), 26056 [19SE]

Ethics in Government Act: amend (H.R. 5719), 14027 [23MY]

Farrakhan, Louis: recent comments regarding human rights and religion, 19415, 19457, 19459 [27JN], 20374, 20381 [29JN], 20554 [23JY]

FEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5606), 16816 [18JN]

———funding (H.R. 3639), 20542 [23JY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (H.R. 6147), 24182 [10AU]

Ferraro, Representative: franking privilege, 23607 [9AU]

———nomination as Democratic candidate for Vice President, 20626-20634, 20683, 20686 [24JY], 20929 [25JY]

———observations on terms in office, 20626 [24JY]

———position on public works projects, 21069 [25JY]

———response to Catholic bishop's evaluation, 25221 [13SE]

———tribute, 20757, 20763 [24JY]

———Vice Presidential debate, 25822 [18SE], 32315 [11OC]

———Wall Street Journal article, 25822 [18SE]

Fonda, Jane: campaign activities for the Democratic Party, 26056, 26057 [19SE]

Foreign travel: prohibit use of Federal matching campaign funds by candidates for Federal office and their staffs (H.R. 6020), 21374 [26JY]

Free Postage Election Participation Act, 19162 [27JN]

Haiti: human rights violations, 4709 [6MR]

Hart, Senator: voting record, 4972 [8MR]

Hispanics: significance of voter registration, 7875 [4AP]

Honduras: support for democratic endeavors, 8289 [5AP]

Iowa caucuses: commend George S. McGovern's conduct, 3196 [23FE]

———results, 2759, 2782-2785 [21FE]

Jackson, Jesse: anti-Semitic statements, 20185 [29JN]

———apology for ethnic remark, 3860 [29FE], 18735, 18736 [26JN]

———Louis Farrakhan ethnic remark, 18735, 18736 [26JN], 19015, 19018 [27JN]

———position on the Middle East, 14402 [24MY]

Mail franking privileges: limitations for candidates for public office, 644 [26JA]

McGovern-Mondale: foreign policy, 1475-1481 [2FE]

Mondale, Walter F.: budget deficit reduction plan, 25093-25098, 25100 [12SE], 30311 [5OC]

———campaign rhetoric, 24413 [6SE], 30313 [5OC]

———economic policies, 24793 [11SE], 25426 [14SE], 26360 [20SE]

———policy relative to use of military force, 26310 [20SE]

———political action committee contributions, 10729, 10730 [2MY]

———Presidential debate, 32315 [11OC]

———proposed tax increase, 21648 [31JY]

———tax deductions, 7248 [30MR]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: fundraising activities, 6988 [29MR], 10923 [3MY], 12579-12589 [16MY]

National Day of Voter Registration: observance, 30264 [4OC]

National objectives: election year considerations, 5117 [12MR]

National Presidential Primary Election Act: enact (H.R. 5269), 6870 [28MR]

National Women's Conference on Preventing Nuclear War: commendation, 25093-25098 12SE, 25203, 25204 [12SE], 25416 [13SE]

Networks: discourage early projections, 8638 [10AP], 9045 [11AP], 14043 [23MY], 24412 [6SE]

———early election projections based on exit polls, 5537 [14MR], 10233 [26AP], 10608 [1MY]

New Hampshire: Presidential election primary, 3862, 3865 [29FE], 26057 [19SE]

New Hampshire Democratic Party: charging reporters to attend a news briefing, 3554 [28FE]

New Jersey: A. Philip Randolph Institute awards, 28173 [1OC]

Nicaragua: human rights violations during elections, 4837 [7MR]

1980 Reagan campaign: evidence of criminal activity, 14230 [24MY]

———investigation into stealing of President Carter briefing books, 14231 [24MY]

OMB: regulations regarding political activity of employees, 10616 [1MY]

PAC's: newspaper editorial support, 10022 [25AP]

Panama: civil rights violations during the elections, 11955 [10MY]

———encourage free elections, 11067 [3MY]

Political advertising: economic considerations, 7261 [30MR]

Political issues: focus, 24414 [6SE]

———response to Catholic bishop's evaluation, 25221 [13SE]

Political parties: campaign rhetoric, 21231 [26JY], 24906 [11SE], 27183 [26SE]

———platforms comparison, 30180 [4OC]

Political process: voting privilege, 14874 [5JN]

Politicians: voter confidence, 9382 [12AP]

Politics and religion: relation, 25556 [17SE]

Polling places: suggested time schedule, 339 [24JA]

Post-Card Registration Act: enact (H.R. 5815), 15997 [12JN]

Presidential candidates: campaign rhetoric, 31345, 31346, 31347 [10OC]

———debate, 30922, 30924, 30925, 31048, 31079 [9OC], 31342, 31345 [10OC]

———evaluation, 30923 [9OC]

———withhold official proclamations until polls have closed, 26056 [19SE]

Presidential Election Campaign Fund: payment of operating expenses of the FEC (H.R. 3639), 20542 [23JY]

Presidential elections: assure integrity, 21431 [27JY]

———voluntary restraint from news media projections prior to poll closings (H. Res. 395), 296 [24JA]

Presidential primary: holding in New Hampshire and Iowa, 21648 [31JY]

———impact on image of candidates, 4616 [6MR]

Quadrennial political party presidential national nomination conventions: increase Federal contribution (H.R. 5950), 20191, 20199-20205 29JN, 20351 [29JN]

Queens County, NY: Chinese-American Voters Association anniversary, 12604 [16MY]

Reagan, President: appearance during debate, 30922 [9OC]

———budget deficit reduction plan, 25094, 25098, 25099 [12SE]

———election issues, 30724 [5OC]

———election strategy, 31751 [10OC]

———Presidential debate, 32315 [11OC]

———public view of national stewards, 5954 [20MR]

———reelection, 20932 [25JY]

Religion in politics, 24514-24521 [6SE], 26581, 26587 [24SE], 26883-26886 [25SE]

Republican policies: comparison, 24662 [10SE]

Results: early projections, 30340 [5OC]

———Lawrence Fraiberg's comments on voluntary restraint by networks, 11193 [7MY]

———request for Presidential candidates to refrain from official announcements concerning, 24412 [6SE]

———sense of Congress relative to adverse impact of early news projections (H. Con. Res. 321), 18748-18758 [26JN], 31728 [10OC]

Runoff Primary Elimination Act: enact (H.R. 5822), 15996 [12JN]

Social security: Democratic Party campaign rhetoric, 31423 [10OC]

Speaker: criticism of endorsement of political candidates, 2290 [8FE]

Television: early projections, 31059 [9OC], 31411 [10OC]

U.S. Capitol: authorize use of rotunda for inaugural ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 144), 30926 [9OC]

U.S. foreign policy: candidates statements, 8302 [9AP]

Vote: effect on economic and social conditions, 28452 [2OC]

Voter registration: improve procedures, 353 [25JA]

———permit postage free mailing, 19162 [27JN]

Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act: enact (H.R. 1250), 18492 25JN-18499 [25JN], 18998 [26JN], 25159 [12SE]

———enact (H.R. 5762), 20431 [29JN]

Voting polls: provide 24-hour (H.R. 4618), 247 [24JA], 25688 [17SE]

Remarks in Senate

ABC: public service activities on voter participation, 28981 [3OC]

Ardito-Barletta, Nicolas: elected President of Panama, 20617 [24JY]

Asian Pacific American Voters Coalition: tribute, 2060 [7FE]

Bilingual ballot: terminate requirement (S. 2488), 7076 [29MR]

Broadcasters: obligations to qualified candidates for public office, 1317 [1FE]

Broadcasters' Protection Act: introduction (S. 2241), 1317, 1318 [1FE], 1565 [2FE]

Campaigns: regulate advertising (S. 2509), 7211 [30MR]

Democratic National Convention: political issues, 20467, 20468 [23JY], 24202 [5SE]

———tribute to host city, 22339 [3AU]

Electoral votes: change date of counting (H.J. Res. 649), 26716 [25SE]

Farrakhan, Louis: repudiation of religious and racial statements, 19484, 19611 [28JN], 20175 [29JN]

Federal Election Campaign Act: need to reform, 23387 [9AU]

Government: bipartisan system, 20773 [25JY]

———improve administration of ethics programs (S. 2986), 25015 [12SE]

History of the Senate: direct election of Senators, 4300 2MR-4306 [2MR]

Illegal aliens: impact on reapportionment, 23399 [9AU]

Mondale, Walter F.: budget deficit reduction plan, 24669, 24672 [10SE]

National Nonpartisan Voter Registration Campaign: tribute, 27752 [28SE]

News media: political coverage, 3726 [29FE]

Panama: elections, 10494 [1MY]

Presidential campaign: national issues, 26416 [21SE]

Presidential candidacy: announcement by President Reagan, 765 [30JA], 1029 [31JA]

———results of Iowa caucuses, 2740 [21FE]

———return of campaigning Members, 4249 [2MR]

Presidential elections: influence of special interest groups, 3179 [23FE]

———national conventions security, 9205, 9237 [12AP]

Presidential primaries or caucuses: limit length of primary season (S. 2890), 21618 [31JY]

Public Campaign Integrity Act: enact (S. 2168), 1317 [1FE]

Quadrennial political party Presidential national nomination conventions: increase Federal contribution (H.R. 5950), 20094 [29JN]

Reagan, President: Soviet reaction to reelection announcement, 1051 [31JA]

Reagan/Mondale: debate, 31934-31936, 32069 [11OC]

Republican National Convention: political issues, 20467 [23JY]

———tribute to host city, 24261 [5SE]

Results: sense of Congress relative to adverse impact of early news projections (H. Con. Res. 321), 26436 [21SE]

Senate: filing election campaign quarterly reports, 8525 [10AP], 19470 [28JN]

———filing requirements for semiannual report, 19470 [28JN]

Senate Campaign Cost Limitation and Public Financing Act: introduction (S. 2415), 5333 [13MR]

Senate Election Campaign Fund Act: introduction (S. 2283), 2483 [9FE]

Senate in the Progressive Era: direct election of Senators, 4300 2MR-4306 [2MR]

Television: vote projections, 5147 [12MR]

Thurmond, Senator: announcement of reelection candidacy, 5827 [19MR], 5882 [20MR]

Voting: citizen responsibility, 13054-13056 [21MY]

———apathy, 29920 [4OC]

———importance of registration, 29029 [3OC]

———registration forms and absentee ballots free of postage (S. 2806), 19395 [27JN]

———U.S. practices, 26261 [20SE]

Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act: enact (H.R. 1250), 19636 [28JN], 23779 [10AU]

Walker, Cass: tribute, 4735 [7MR]

Williams, Harrison: termination of inquiry, 10824 [3MY]

Reports

Appropriations: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 5606) (H. Rept. 98-749), 12321 [15MY]

———Committee on Rules and Administration (S. 2640) (S. Rept. 98-430), 11255 [8MY]

Early Projections of Election Results by News and Media: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H. Con. Res. 321), 25015 [12SE]

———Committee on House Administration (H. Con. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 98-671), 8521 [10AP]

Federal Contribution Increase for Quadrennial Political Party Presidential National Nominating Conventions: Committee on Rules (H.R. 5950; H. Res. 544) (H. Rept. 98-880), 19983 [28JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5950) (H. Rept. 98-877), 19983 [28JN]

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Con. Res. 122), 19348 [27JN]

Registration and Polling Place Accessibility for Federal Elections for Handicapped and Elderly: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 1250) (H. Rept. 98-852), 17728 [21JN]

———Committee on Rules and Administration (H.R. 1250) (S. Rept. 98-590), 23323 [9AU]

Task Force on Campaign Reform, 5337 [13MR]

Unauthorized Transfer of Nonpublic Information During the 1980 Presidential Election (excerpt), 25015 [12SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Early projection of voting results in nationwide elections: National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 28167 [1OC]

Republican and Democratic Platforms: National Confederation of American Ethnic Groups, Inc., 31997-31999 [11OC]

Statements

Abortion Issues, 28799 [2OC]

Diploma of Voter Status: Boris Feinman, 25689 [17SE]

Election Day Conscience: Cass Walker (excerpt), 4735 [7MR]

Impact of Early Election Result Projections by News Media: Robert Drinan, 297 [24JA]

———Tom Brady, 296 [24JA]

———(sundry excerpts), 8639 [10AP]

In the Congress of the U.S. on the 197th Commemoration of the Signing of the Constitution of the U.S., 25688 [17SE]

Mondale Must Show People He Is Willing To Lead: Representative Coelho, 24413 [6SE]

Reagan/Mondale Debate (sundry excerpts), 32069, 32070 [11OC]

Running for State Elections: Esther D. Luckhardt, 8421 [9AP]

To Be an American Means Participating in This Country's Political Process: Steve Kwon, 14874 [5JN]

Story

Clean, Positive, Political Campaigning: Senator Bumpers, 10649 [2MY]

Federal Spending Reduction and Election Prospects: Senator Hollings, 10426 [1MY]

Summaries

Legislation Providing Public Financing for Senate General Elections, 2487 [9FE]

Task Force on Campaign Reform, 5333 [13MR]

Tables

Apportionment based on assumptions about the impact of undocumented alien estimates, 23399 [9AU]

Telegrams

Election projection practices: Lawrence K. Grossman, NBC News, 14043 [23MY]

Testimonies

Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped: Joe Johnston, 18493 [25JN]

———J. Scott Marshall, American Council of the Blind, 23781 [10AU]

———Leonard Staisey, 18495 [25JN]

———Willard A. Morris, 23781 [10AU]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 321, sense of Congress relative to adverse impact of early news projections of election results, 18748 [26JN]

H. Con. Res. 335, right of criminal offenders to vote, 20455 [29JN]

H.J. Res. 649, date for counting of electoral votes, 26056 [19SE]

H.R. 1250, Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, 18492 [25JN], 23779 [10AU]

H.R. 5606, authorizing appropriations for the FEC, 16816 [18JN]

H.R. 5950, to increase the Federal contribution for the quadrennial political party presidential national nomination conventions, 20199 [29JN]

H.R. 6147, amend the Federal Election Campaign Act, 24182 [10AU]

S. 2241, Public Campaign Integrity Act, 1317 [1FE]

S. 2283, Senate Election Campaign Fund Act, 2483-2486 [9FE]

S. 2415, Senate Campaign Cost Limitation and Public Financing Act, 5334-5337 [13MR]

S. 2488, terminate bilingual election ballot requirements, 7077 [29MR]

S. Con. Res. 144, authorize use of U.S. Capitol rotunda for inaugural ceremonies, 30926 [9OC]

Transcripts

Debate Between President Reagan and Walter F. Mondale, 31048-31057 [9OC]

Republican Patriotism, with Sam Donaldson, This Week With David Brinkley (ABC television program) (excerpt), 24316 [5SE]

Viewpoint: ABC News, 23099 [8AU]