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HRES 793 108th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional elections Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Election administration Minorities Presidential elections Prosecution Racial discrimination Voting machines Voting rights

Condemning all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the United States and reaffirming that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens.

Introduced: September 22, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Nov 5, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 22, 2004
Introduced in House
Sep 22, 2004
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Sep 21, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7320-7321)
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States that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns in the strongest terms all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the United States; (2) reaffirms that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible U.S. citizens; (3) urges States to replace decades-old election machinery with less error-prone equipment before the November 2004 national elections; (4) calls upon all States to institute a moratorium on the erection of roadblocks or identity checkpoints designed to racially profile or intimidate voters on Election Day; and (5) calls upon the Attorney General to monitor vigorously and investigate all credible allegations of voter intimidation and suppression, and to prosecute expeditiously all offenders to the full extent of the law.

What's happening now November 5, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 793: Condemning all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the United States and reaffirming that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-793/
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"H. Res. 793: Condemning all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the United States and reaffirming that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-793/.
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H. Res. 793, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-793/.
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[H. Res. 793: Condemning all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the United States and reaffirming that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-793/)
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