2005 Election Reform Legislation Reference

[Wilms]

If you're aware of others, please add them.

Note: Some of these bills are amendments to HAVA 2002. Having a copy of it is necessary in order to understand some of the bills provisions.

FEC HAVA 2002 Page:
http://www.fec.gov/hava/hava.htm


2005 Election Reform Legislation


HAVA Amendments

S. 330: John Ensign (R-NV) A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-330
Companion Bill: H.R. 704: James Gibbons (R-NV)


H.R. 704: James Gibbons (R-NV) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-704
Companion Bill: S. 330: John Ensign (R-NV)


S. 17: Christopher Dodd (D-CT) A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-17
Companion Bill: H.R. 533: John Conyers (D-MI)


H.R. 533: John Conyers (D-MI) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-533
Companion Bill: S. 17: Christopher Dodd (D-CT)


S. 450: Hillary Clinton (D-NY) A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified paper record, to improve provisional balloting, to impose additional requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-450
Companion Bill: H.R. 939: Stephanie Jones (D-OH)


H.R. 939: Stephanie Jones (D-OH) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified paper record, to improve provisional balloting, to impose additional requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-939
Companion Bill: S. 450: Hillary Clinton (D-NY)


S. 414: Mitch McConnell (R-KY) A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect the right of Americans to vote through the prevention of voter fraud, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-414


H.R. 550: Rush Holt (D-NJ) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper record or hard copy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-550


H.R.470: John Larson (D-CT) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the software used in the operation of an electronic voting machine to meet certain requirements as a condition of the use of the machine in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00470: add a colon to the url and you'll get there


H.R. 278: Steve King (R-IA) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voting systems to produce a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and to ensure the security of electronic data, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-278


No Harris Blackwell

S. ??? Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to ensure that State officials in charge of supervising the certification of votes for federal elections are not also affiliated with the campaigns of those persons running for federal office.
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/~lautenberg/press/2003/01/2005215728.html
(Can’t find record of it)


Voter Enfranchisement (for the colonies and ex-offenders)

S. 195: Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) A bill to provide for full voting representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-195


H.R. 190: Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) To restore the Federal electoral rights of the residents of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-190


H.R. 398: Eleanor Norton (D-DC) To provide for full voting representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-398


H.J. Res. 1: Donna Christensen (D-VI) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj109-1


H.R. 663: Charles Rangel (D-NY) To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-663


H.C. Res. 73: James McCrery (R-LA) Supporting the goals and ideals of National High School Seniors Voter Registration Day.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hc109-73


Election Day/Weekend

S. 144: Herbert Kohl (D-WI) A bill to change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-144


H.R. 63: John Conyers (D-MI) To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the same manner as any legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-63


Quit Electoral College

H.J. Res. 8: Raymond Green (D-TX) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj109-8


H.J.RES.17: Eliot Engel (D-NY) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of the citizens of the United States.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HJ00017:@@@L&summ2=m&


Candidate Enfranchisement

H.J. Res. 9: Jose Serrano (D-NY) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj109-9


H.J. Res. 2: John Conyers (D-MI) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 20 years, to be eligible to hold the Office of President.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj109-2



Campaign/Finance Reform

H.R. 45: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-45


H.R. 46: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal Election Commission and the prohibition against the making of disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-46


H.R. 338: Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-338


H.R. 701: Philip English (R-PA) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate for election for Federal office which received a personal loan from the candidate from making any repayment on the loan after the date on which the candidate begins serving in such office.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-701


H.R. 702: Philip English (R-PA) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of any contribution made to a candidate for election for Federal office, or any donation made to an individual as support for the individual's activities as the holder of a Federal office, for the payment of a salary to the candidate or individual or to any member of the immediate family of the candidate or individual.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-702

[sacxtra]

1. ONE NON GOVERNMENT SOURCE (A GRAIN OF SAND)

Your right to vote was denied.
Your ballot's digital representation of your ballot disappeared when it was digitized..





You now need to fill out a new election fraud complaint form locally at your precint.

[Dcitizen]

2. Very TRUE. Which one propose for hand counting???

Verified paper trial alone is not enough if the E voting cannot detect hacking and malwares, and never will be or will intend to do so. The computers can fool us with very good looking paper trials.

Thanks for recap posting.

[Wilms]

3. There are updates that need to be made to this list.

I was hoping this thread would die so I might post anew.

[garybeck]

4. this list is great already, but if you have updates

by all means!

[Wilms]

5. Do you want to post it on SolarBus?

I have it as a Word Doc I could email.

PM me, as it may be best to let this thread die off.