Calling upon all candidates for Federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power and reject any efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.

H. Res. 1159 · 116th Congress · Sep 29, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

calls upon all candidates for Federal office to respect the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power; and

(2)

firmly rejects any effort to “get rid of the ballots” or in any way prevent people from exercising their right to vote.

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Sep 29, 2020viewing Introduced in House Mr. Payne (for himself, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Welch, Mr. Takano, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Bass, Mr. Rush, Ms. Judy Chu of California, and Ms. Speier) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary