VOTING

Amendments

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S13764 [19DE]

Courts: protect voting rights (S. 565), S13764 [19DE]

States: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9240 [11DE]

Analyses

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act (S. 216), S779 [30JA]

Appointments

House of Representatives tellers to count electoral votes, H30 [6JA]

Senate tellers to count electoral votes, S8 [3JA], S22 [4JA]

Articles and editorials

D.C. Residents Deserve a Whole Committee Hearing, E43 [30JA]

In Kansas City Politics, It Helps To Know Dutch, E1587 [5SE]

Newspapers' Recount Shows Bush Prevailed in Florida Vote, H1459 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions

American Samoa: provide for primary when more than 2 candidates run for congressional Delegate and require that active members of the Armed Forces be able to participate in Federal elections (see H.R. 3576), H10964 [20DE]

Armed Forces: ensure uniform treatment by States of Federal overseas absentee ballots and allow buildings on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places (see S. 154), S456 [23JA]

———guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see S. 28), S98 [22JA]

———guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see S. 731), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1377), H1409 [3AP]

———maximize access of uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls and ensure that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted (see S. 381), S1463 [15FE]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see S. 122), S100 [22JA] (see S. 470), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 159), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 492), H222 [7FE]

———protect voting rights of members (see S. 738), S3706 [6AP]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop an electronic voting plan for such voters (see H.R. 311), H111 [30JA]

Bipartisan Commission on Election Reform: establish (see H.R. 561), H322 [13FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see S. Con. Res. 64), S8911 [3AU] (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

Civil liberties: restore eligibility to vote and register to vote in Federal elections to individuals who have completed sentences for criminal offenses (see H.R. 2830), H5338 [2AU]

———support rights of registered voters (see H. Con. Res. 159), H3150 [13JN]

Commission on Election Procedures: establish (see H.R. 119), H59 [6JA]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 216), S707 [30JA] (see H.R. 60), H26 [3JA]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S2472 [19MR]

Computers: provide State grants to expand the opportunity for citizens to vote over the Internet (see S. 729), S3705 [6AP]

Constitutional amendments: right to vote (see H.J. Res. 72), H7852 [6NO]

Courts: protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H1112 [22MR]

Dept. of Defense: award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots (see S. 467), S1897 [6MR]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see S. 603), S2823 [23MR] (see H.R. 1193), H1114 [22MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 218), S707 [30JA] (see S. 953), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 263), H109 [30JA] (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Election Voting Systems Standards Commission: establish (see H.R. 1165), H1112 [22MR]

Elections: allow States to use a proportional voting system for multiseat congressional districts (see H.R. 1189), H1113 [22MR]

———change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see S. 1320), S8704 [2AU]

———counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President (see S. Con. Res. 1), S13 [3JA]

———direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (see S. 368), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 752), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 2275), H3464 [21JN]

———encourage States to adopt uniform voting procedures to carry out the election of the President and Vice President (see H. Con. Res. 5), H28 [3JA]

———establish a grant program to assist State and local governments in upgrading voting systems and devices and enhance participation by military personnel in national elections (see S. 479), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 1482), H1486 (see H.R. 1482), H1496 [4AP]

———establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 354), H164 [31JA]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see S. 1388), S8911 [3AU]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday in Presidential election years (see H.R. 934), H740 [7MR]

———establish uniform national standards for Federal election procedures and change the Federal election day (see S. 241), S1012 [1FE] (see H.R. 829), H622 [1MR]

———establish uniform poll closing time and uniform treatment of absentee ballots for Presidential elections (see S. 175), S527 [24JA]

———establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see S. 50), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 50), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 1666), H1715 [1MY]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November (see H.R. 2758), H5335 [2AU]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November, prohibit States from preventing registered citizens from voting, and ban law enforcement activities that intimidate individuals from voting (see H.R. 1559), H1555 [24AP]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election (see H. Con. Res. 63), H929 [14MR]

———increase the ability of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in Federal elections (see S. 1261), S8353 [27JY] (see H.R. 1997), H2710 [24MY]

———modify requirements for voter mail registration (see S. 528), S2306 [14MR]

———move the legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in Presidential election years (see H.R. 62), H26 [3JA]

———move the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday to election day in Presidential election years (see H.R. 310), H110 [30JA]

———permit individuals whose names do not appear on the list of registered voters at a particular polling place in a Federal election to cast provisional votes (see H.R. 1004), H876 [13MR]

———permit voters to vote for ``None of the Above'' in Federal elections and require an additional election if ``None of the Above'' receives the most votes (see H.R. 2759), H5335 [2AU]

———protect the equal participation of eligible voters in Federal election campaigns (see H.R. 2226), H3259 [19JN]

———provide fairness in voter participation (see H.R. 1228), H1188 [27MR]

———provide voters the right, through advisory initiatives, to propose the enactment or repeal of Federal laws in a national election (see H.R. 2760), H5335 [2AU]

———require certain disclosure and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 150), H60 [6JA]

———require national news organizations to refrain from projecting the winner of Presidential elections until all polls in the Continental U.S. have closed (see H. Con. Res. 40), H442 [27FE]

———require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 128), H59 [6JA]

FEC: issue voluntary standards to promote voting system accessibility and effectiveness and make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other voting accessibility promotion activities (see H.R. 1151), H1059 [21MR]

———make grants to States which have adopted an instant runoff voting system for Presidential elections (see H.R. 3232), H7852 [6NO]

Federal Election Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 21), S8575 [1AU]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 57), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 920), H740 [7MR]

Law enforcement: ban law enforcement activities that intimidate individuals from voting (see H.R. 2686), H4948 [31JY]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]

National Civic Participation Week: designate (see S. Res. 140), S8353 [27JY]

National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (see S. 379), S1463 [15FE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H62 [6JA]

NIST: investigate feasibility and cost of implementing secure computer system for remote voting and communication by Congress and establish system to ensure business continuity for congressional operations (see H.R. 3481), H10066 [13DE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 176), S527 [24JA]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and provide a new procedure for electing the President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 25), H623 [1MR]

———constitutional amendment to provide a new procedure for appointment of Electors (see H.J. Res. 1), H28 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 17, 18), H324 [13FE]

———constitutional amendment to provide a new procedure for appointment of electors and provide alternative election procedures if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes (see H.J. Res. 37), H877 [13MR]

States: establish a grant program to provide assistance for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 2398), H3804 [28JN]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (see H. Res. 311), H9234 (see H. Res. 311), H9238 [11DE]

———prohibit States from denying any individual the right to register and vote in Federal elections on the grounds that the individual has been convicted of a Federal crime (see H.R. 1558), H1555 [24AP] (see H.R. 2687), H4948 [31JY]

———require notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for crime convictions (see H.R. 1971), H2678 [23MY]

Taxation: change deadline for income tax returns (see H.R. 1550), H1554 [24AP]

———establish a temporary checkoff on income tax returns to provide funds to States for Federal election administration improvement (see H.R. 1025), H928 [14MR]

U.S. Commission on Election Law Reform: establish (see H.R. 49), H26 [3JA]

Velasquez, William C.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 212), H5338 [2AU]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (see H. Res. 139), H2082 [9MY]

Descriptions

Project Vote Smart (organization), E1303 [11JY]

Essays

Necessity of the Electoral College: Jeremy Hawbaker, E802 [15MY]

Explanations

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards (H.R. 430), E124 [6FE]

Letters

Clarify that the home is not defined as a polling place to prevent the curbing or stopping of absentee or by-mail voting: Bill Bradbury, Oregon Sec. of State, H9294 [12DE]

Disputed results in Presidential election in Florida: several Representatives, H52 [6JA]

Help America Vote Act: Cathy Pearsall-Stipek, National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials, and Clerks, H9305 [12DE]

———Daniel J. Bryant, Dept. of Justice, H9304 [12DE]

———J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Sec. of State, H9306 [12DE]

———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, H9256, H9306 [12DE]

———Lance Gough, International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers, H9306 [12DE]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, H9305 [12DE]

———Martin R. Stephens and Daniel T. Bluc, National Conference of State Legislatures, H9305 [12DE]

———Philip Zelikow, National Commission on Federal Election Reform, H9298 [12DE]

———R. Doug Lewis, Election Center (organization), H9305 [12DE]

———Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H9306 [12DE]

———Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H9307 [12DE]

———Representative Hoyer, Committee on House Administration (House), H9298 [12DE]

———Representative Stump, Committee on Armed Services (House), H9307 [12DE]

Lists

Events relative to disputed results in Presidential election in Florida, H52 [6JA]

Memorandums

Help America Vote Act: Kevin J. Kennedy, Wisconsin State Elections Board, H9306 [12DE]

Motions

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, H52 [6JA]

States: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9302 [12DE]

Recorded

ILSA Extension Act (S. 1218): enact, S8194 [25JY]

``Our Flag''(H. Con. Res 244): print, H6435 [9OC]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: allow buildings on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places, H5774 [20SE]

———extend uniformed services personnel electronic voting system to include U.S. territories and the District of Columbia, E1697 [21SE]

Commission on Civil Rights: report on voting irregularities in Florida during the Presidential election, E1027 [6JN]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (H.R. 60), H376 [14FE], H2322 [17MY]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (H.R. 1170), H9293, H9295, H9297, H9299 [12DE], E2300 [14DE]

Committee on Election Reform (House, Select): establish, H809 [8MR]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, H30-H45 [6JA], H68 [20JA], H102, H103 [30JA], E24, E25 [6JA]

———counting of Presidential electoral votes, objection, H30, H31, H34-H36, H46-H53 [6JA]

Courts: protect voting rights (H.R. 1170), H4613, H4614 [25JY], H9293, H9295, H9297, H9299 [12DE], E2300 [14DE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (H.R. 1193), E439 [22MR]

———provide the Delegate to Congress with a vote in the Committee of the Whole, H14 [3JA], E42 [30JA]

Dutch Newman Voter Education and Scholarship Foundation: tribute, E1587 [5SE]

Election Administration Commission: establish (H.R. 263), E44 [30JA]

———establish (H.R. 775), H483, H493 [28FE], H4612 [25JY], E241 [28FE]

Election Voting Systems Standards Commission: establish (H.R. 1165), E426 [22MR]

Elections: clarify that the home is not defined as a polling place to prevent the curbing or stopping of absentee or by-mail voting, H9294 [12DE]

———counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President (S. Con. Res. 1), H19 [3JA]

———ensure the votes of all eligible citizens are counted, H16, H17 [3JA], H370-H380 [14FE], E208 [26FE], E220 [27FE]

———ensure votes cast by members of the Armed Forces serving overseas are counted, H414 [27FE]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (H.R. 775), H483, H493 [28FE], H2317, H2320 [17MY], H4612 [25JY], E241 [28FE]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday in Presidential election years (H.R. 934), H708, H715 [7MR], H2322 [17MY], H4865 [31JY]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November (H.R. 2758), E1541 [3AU]

———implement significant election administration reforms, H2316-H2323 [17MY], H4371 [20JY], E845 [17MY], E861 [21MY], E1394 [23JY]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election, E1027 [6JN]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election (H. Con. Res. 63), H905 [14MR]

———increase the ability of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in Federal elections, H9294 [12DE]

———move the legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in Presidential election years (H.R. 62), H810 [8MR]

———permit individuals whose names do not appear on the list of registered voters at a particular polling place in a Federal election to cast provisional votes (H.R. 1004), H2317 [17MY]

———Presidential election results, H1414 [4AP], E19 [6JA]

———provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems, H1171, H1172 [27MR]

Faith and Politics Institute: tribute, H1050-H1057 [21MR]

———State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4610-H4614 [25JY], E1485 [1AU]

Florida: alleged voting irregularities in Presidential election, E24, E25 [6JA]

———disputed results in Presidential election, H30, H31, H46-H53 [6JA], H370-H380 [14FE], H718 [7MR], H1414, H1458 [4AP], H8945, H8946 [5DE], E19 [6JA]

League of Women Voters: anniversary of Dearborn/Dearborn Heights, MI, chapter, E2298 [14DE], E2332 [19DE]

Litton, Martin: California League of Conservation Voters honoree, E1038 [6JN]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (H.R. 430), E123 [6FE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (H.R. 189), E72 [31JA]

Portage, WI: tribute to Zona Gale celebration, E1571 [5SE]

Project Vote Smart (organization): tribute, E1303 [11JY]

Rust, Audrey: California League of Conservation Voters honoree, E1038 [6JN]

Selma, AL: anniversary of march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, H715, H716 [7MR], H1050-H1057 [21MR]

States: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H8252 [16NO], H9264-H9308 [12DE], E2300, E2306, E2312 [14DE], E2387 [20DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (H. Res. 311), H9254-H9264 [12DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to recommit, H9303-H9307 [12DE]

Taxation: establish a temporary checkoff on income tax returns to provide funds to States for Federal election administration improvement (H.R. 1025), E356 [14MR]

Velasquez, William C.: issue commemorative postage stamp (H. Con. Res. 212), E1523 [3AU]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (H. Res. 139), H2681 [24MY]

Remarks in Senate

———guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (S. 28), S301 [22JA]

———maximize access of uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls and ensure that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted, S10046, S10047 [2OC], S13851 [20DE]

———maximize access of uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls and ensure that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted (S. 381), S1523 [15FE]

———protect voting rights of members (S. 738), S3718 [6AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (S. Con. Res. 64), S8976 [3AU]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (S. 216), S777-S780 [30JA]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish, S9962-S9965 [1OC]

———establish (S. 565), S2475 [19MR], S5604 [24MY], S8044 [23JY], S8876-S8878, S8882 [3AU], S11545 [7NO], S12134, S12135 [29NO], S13290 [14DE], S13681-S13686 [19DE], S13931 [20DE]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, S51 [6JA]

Constitutional amendments: anniversary of the ratification of the 26th amendment on the right of 18-year-olds to vote, S3986 [26AP]

Courts: protect voting rights (S. 565), S13290 [14DE], S13681-S13686 [19DE], S13931 [20DE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (S. 603), S2824 [23MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (S. 218), S782 [30JA]

———establish (S. 953), S5631 [24MY], S8044 [23JY]

Elections: allow State parties to use non-Federal funding for getting out the vote, voter registration, and voter identification, S3124-S3126 [29MR]

———change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (S. 1320), S8737 [2AU]

———counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President (S. Con. Res. 1), S7 [3JA]

———establish uniform national standards for Federal election procedures and change the Federal election day (S. 241), S1016 [1FE]

———establish uniform poll closing time and uniform treatment of absentee ballots for Presidential elections (S. 175), S550 [24JA]

———implement significant election administration reforms, S8044 [23JY], S8692-S8694 [2AU], S9383 [13SE], S11545 [7NO]

———increase the ability of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in Federal elections (S. 1261), S8359 [27JY]

———modify requirements for voter mail registration (S. 528), S2307-S2309 [14MR]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, S7735 [17JY]

Kids Voting USA (organization): tribute, S9118 [5SE]

Michigan: petition campaign to require certain firearms laws to be presented as a referendum, S6313 [14JN]

———State Court of Appeals decision on the legality of referendum on issuance of concealed handgun licenses, S5605 [24MY], S6660 [22JN]

National Civic Participation Week: designate (S. Res. 140), S8366 [27JY], S12812, S12813 [10DE]

National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (S. 379), S1523 [15FE]

National Kids Voting Week: observance, S9118 [5SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 176), S550 [24JA]

States: provide assistance for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S7735 [17JY]

Reports

Motor Voter Reform Task Force, H9257-H9259, H9262 [12DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 311) (H. Rept. 107-331), H9234, H9238 [11DE]

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 565), S12100 [28NO]

Help America Vote Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 3295) (H. Rept. 107-329), H9081 [10DE]

National Civic Participation Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 140), S12160 [29NO]

Voting Technology Standards Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2275) (H. Rept. 107-263), H7591 [31OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, H32 [6JA]

Statements

Voting Reform: Richard West, E1612 [10SE]

Summaries

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act (S. 565), S2476 [19MR]

Tables

Electoral Votes for the President and Vice President, H44 [6JA], H68 [20JA], H102 [30JA]

Testimonies

Election Reform: Representative Clay, E724 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 311, consideration of H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H9254 [12DE]

H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H9264, H9276-H9287 [12DE]

S. 28, Military Voting Rights Act, S301 [22JA]

S. 122, Armed Services Voting Rights Protection Act, S399 [22JA]

S. 216, Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act, S778 [30JA]

S. 467, award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots, S1908 [6MR]

S. 603, No Taxation Without Representation Act, S2824 [23MR]

S. 1261, Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Reform Act, S8359 [27JY]

S. 1388, establish election day as a legal public holiday, S8963 [3AU]

S. Con. Res. 1, counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S7, S13 [3JA], H19 [3JA]

S. Con. Res. 64, design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life, S8976 [3AU]

S. Res. 140, National Civic Participation Week, S8366 [27JY], S12984 [11DE]