Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

H.R. 1275 · 116th Congress · Feb 14, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; statement of policy

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Voter Empowerment Act of 2019”.

(b)

Statement of policy— It is the policy of the United States that—

(1)

all eligible citizens of the United States should access and exercise their constitutional right to vote in a free, fair, and timely manner; and

(2)

the integrity, security, and accountability of the voting process must be vigilantly protected, maintained, and enhanced in order to protect and preserve electoral and participatory democracy in the United States.

Sec. 2 Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

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Feb 14, 2019viewing Introduced in House Mr. Lewis (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Nadler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

Section 1 Short title; statement of policy

Sec. 2 Table of contents

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