HJRES 28
109th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Constitutional amendments
Election administration
Law
Standards
Voter registration
Voting rights
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.
Introduced: March 2, 2005
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 2, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all U.S. citizens who are eighteen years of age or older shall have the right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
Requires each State to: (1) administer public elections in the State in accordance with election performance standards established by the Congress; and (2) provide any eligible voter the opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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