Floor vote

House vote #493

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local goverment to carry out a program to make backup paper ballots in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment

Failed Congress 110 · Session 2 Jul 15, 2008 · 6:48 PM EDT H.R. 5803

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H.R. 5803: To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election…

On July 15, 2008 the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass H.R. 5803 (To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of…) failed in the House, 248 to 170; more than a simple majority was needed.

FAILED

248–170

+78, not enough

Democrats

228

Republicans

20 170

Simple majority YES 248 170 NO

418 members voted · 16 Not Voting Failed, 248 to 170: more than a simple majority was needed

Voted yes 53

Aderholt R Baldwin D Bishop D Buchanan R Carson D Castor D Clarke D Cleaver D Clyburn D Cohen D Cole R Costa D Courtney D Cuellar D Davis D DeGette D DeLauro D Doggett D Foster D Gillibrand D Green D Hirono D Hoyer D Johnson D Kaptur D Larsen D Larson D Lofgren D Lynch D Markey D Matsui D McCollum D McGovern D Meeks D Moore D Murphy D Nadler D Neal D Pallone D Sánchez D Schakowsky D Schiff D Scott D Sherman D C. Smith R Adam Smith D B. Thompson D M. Thompson D Van Hollen D Velázquez D Wasserman Schultz D Waters D Welch D

Voted no 23

Bilirakis R Blackburn R Boozman R Calvert R Capito R Carter R Foxx R Graves R Issa R Jordan R Latta R McCaul R Moran R H. Rogers R M. Rogers R Scalise R Sessions R Simpson R Adrian Smith R Turner R Walberg R Wilson R Wittman R

Present or didn't vote

Didn't vote · 2

Diaz-Balart R Lucas R

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