VOTING

Articles and editorials

Jimmy Carter Is Right—Amend the Immigration Bill To Require Voters To Show ID, S5052 [24MY]

Voter IDs Only Part of Elections Solution, S5053 [24MY]

Voting Reform Is in the Cards, S5053 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions

Civil rights: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 4762), H332 [15FE]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H2640 [16MY]

———treat as a State for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate (see H.R. 5410), H2705 (see H.R. 5410), H2757 [17MY]

Elections: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4844), H563 [2MR]

Government regulations: establish standards for distribution of voter registration application forms (see H.R. 5776), H5128 [12JY]

Help America Vote Act: clarify treatment of provisional ballots cast in Federal elections, ensure polling places have adequate staff and equipment, and issue durable State voter registration cards (see H.R. 4989), H1128 [16MR]

———extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H24 [31JA]

———prohibit a State receiving payments from using them for public communications which promote or oppose a candidate for public office or political party (see H.R. 5777), H5128 [12JY]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2469), S2533 [29MR]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see S. 2703), S3984 [3MY] (see H.R. 9), H1979 [2MY]

———amend (H.R. 9), consideration (see H. Res. 878), H4327 [20JN] (see H. Res. 910), H5127 [12JY]

Letters

Election Assistance Commission grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita: several organizations, S3872 [2MY]

Help America Vote Act funding: several organizations, S4023 [4MY]

Implement Commission on Federal Election Reform recommendations to require presentation of vaild photo identification at polls: several organizations, S5059 [24MY]

Restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita: Al Ater, Eric Clark, and Nancy Worley, National Association of Secretaries of State, H1082 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (H.R. 3779), E309 [8MR]

Elections: exclude illegal aliens from being counted in apportioning congressional representation and the electoral college, H476 [1MR]

———prohibit funding to prevent displaced residents of the Gulf Coast States who were victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from voting, H1046 [15MR]

———provide fairness in voter participation, H4321 [20JN]

FEMA: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, H1010 [15MR], H1082-H1084 [16MR]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (H.R. 4666), H28 [1FE]

———funding, H3827 [13JN]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (H.R. 550), H1567 [6AP]

Humboldt County, CA: anniversary of League of Women Voters chapter, E938 [23MY]

Hurricanes: encourage Louisiana and the Dept. of Justice to establish satellite voting outside of Louisiana for scheduled New Orleans elections (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1679 [6AP]

———extend right to use satellite voting to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, H955 [14MR]

Voting Rights Act: amend (H.R. 9), H2320 [9MY], H4203 [19JN], H4225, H4319, H4321 [20JN], H4374 [21JN], H4563, H4632 [27JN], H4786 [28JN], H4896 [29JN], H4964 [11JY], H5051, H5052, H5053, H5054, H5055, H5056, H5103, H5106, H5118-H5125 [12JY], E1203 [19JN], E1246 [21JN], E1255 [23JN], E1347 [29JN]

———lower threshold for qualification for bilingual ballots, E1255 [23JN]

———prohibit funding to enforce bilingual ballot requirement, H4744, H4748 [28JN], E1332, E1347 [29JN]

———repeal bilingual ballot requirement, H4563 [27JN], H5120-H5125 [12JY], E1203 [19JN]

Remarks in Senate

Commission on Federal Election Reform: implement recommendations to require presentation of vaild photo identification at polls, S5051-S5060 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: continue interim voting assistance system (IVAS) for uniformed service voters, overseas Dept. of Defense employees and dependents, S6359 [22JN]

Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, S3871, S3872 [2MY]

———make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (S. 2166), S1044 [9FE]

Help America Vote Act: funding, S4021-S4023 [4MY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S7363-S7366 [12JY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (S. 2703), S3987 [3MY], S4044 [4MY], S6591 [28JN], S6772 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7365, S7366 [12JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 9, Voting Rights Act Amendments: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 878) (H. Rept. 109-516), H4327 [20JN]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 109-554), H5127 [12JY]

Voting Rights Act Amendments: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 109-478), H3015 [22MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita: National Association of Secretaries of State, H1083 [16MR]

Texts of

S. 2166, Hurricane Election Relief Act, S1044 [9FE]