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HR 4679 114th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political parties and affiliation

People Before Party Act of 2016

Introduced: March 3, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 3, 2016
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People Before Party Act of 2016

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or "straight-party voting.")

What's happening now March 3, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 3, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4679: People Before Party Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4679/
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"H.R. 4679: People Before Party Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4679/.
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H.R. 4679, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4679/.
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[H.R. 4679: People Before Party Act of 2016](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4679/)
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