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Bill Sponsorship: SIMPLE Voting Act
Source: H.R.6591
A BILL to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to establish a minimum period of 15 days for early voting prior to the date of an election for Federal office and to ensure that no individual will be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office.- This Act may be cited as the 'Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early Voting Act' or the 'SIMPLE Voting Act'.
- Each State shall allow individuals to vote in an election for Federal office on each day occurring during the 15-day period which ends 2 days before the date of the election, in the same manner as voting is allowed on such day.
- Minimum Early Voting Requirements: Each polling place shall allow such voting for not less than 10 hours on each day; and have uniform hours each day for which such voting occurs.
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Location of Polling Places Near Public Transportation: To the greatest extent practicable, a State shall ensure that each polling place is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation route.
- A Commission shall issue standards for the administration of early voting, including the nondiscriminatory geographic placement of polling places at which such voting occurs.
- The standards shall permit States to deviate from any requirement in the case of unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or a change in voter turnout.
- Each State shall provide a sufficient number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including physical resources) at each polling place to ensure that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16.
Question 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: Sponsored 15 days of early voting in all states
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Establish 15 days of early voting in all states
(Score: 1)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 12-HR6591 |
| Earl Blumenauer |
s2o | Oregon Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Suzanne Bonamici |
s2o | Oregon Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Robert Brady |
s2o | Pennsylvania Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Corrine Brown |
s2o | Florida Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| G.K. Butterfield |
s2o | North Carolina Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Lois Capps |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Kathy Castor |
s2o | Florida Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Judy Chu |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| David Cicilline |
s2o | Rhode Island Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Hansen Clarke |
s2o | Michigan Former Democrat (until 2012) | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Yvette Clarke |
s2o | New York Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| William Lacy Clay |
s2o | Missouri Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Emmanuel Cleaver |
s2o | Missouri Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Steve Cohen |
s2o | Tennessee Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| John Conyers |
s2o | Michigan Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jim Costa |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Joe Courtney |
s2o | Connecticut Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Elijah Cummings |
s2o | Maryland Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Danny Davis |
s2o | Illinois Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Diana DeGette |
s2o | Colorado Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Rosa DeLauro |
s2o | Connecticut Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| John Dingell |
s2o | Michigan Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Lloyd Doggett |
s2o | Texas Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Donna Edwards |
s2o | Maryland Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Keith Ellison |
s2o | Minnesota Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Anna Eshoo |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Eni Faleomavaega |
s2o | Samoa Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Sam Farr |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Bob Filner |
s2o | California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011) | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Marcia Fudge |
s2o | Ohio Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| John Garamendi |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Charles Gonzalez |
s2o | Texas Democrat (Retiring 2012) | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Al Green |
s2o | Texas Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s2o | Arizona Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Luis Gutierrez |
s2o | Illinois Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Janice Hahn |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Alcee Hastings |
s2o | Florida Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jim Himes |
s2o | Connecticut Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Maurice Hinchey |
s2o | New York Dem/Working-Fam.(Retired 2012) | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Mike Honda |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Hank Johnson |
s2o | Georgia Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Marcy Kaptur |
s2o | Ohio Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Dale Kildee |
s2o | Michigan Democrat (Retiring 2012) | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Dennis Kucinich |
s2o | Ohio Democrat (Lost 2012 Primary) | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Rick Larsen |
s2o | Washington Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| John Larson |
s2o | Connecticut Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Barbara Lee |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| John Lewis |
s2o | Georgia Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Zoe Lofgren |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Nita Lowey |
s2o | New York Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Ben Ray Lujan |
s2o | New Mexico Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Carolyn Maloney |
s2o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Doris Matsui |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jim McDermott |
s2o | Washington Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jim McGovern |
s2o | Massachusetts Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jerry McNerney |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Michael Michaud |
s2o | Maine Democratic Governor Challenger | Nov 16, 2012 |
| George Miller |
s1p | California Democrat | |
| Gwen Moore |
s2o | Wisconsin Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| James Moran |
s2o | Virginia Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Jerrold Nadler |
s2o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Grace Napolitano |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s2o | District of Columbia Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Gary Peters |
s2o | MI Democratic Challenger | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Chellie Pingree |
s2o | Maine Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jared Polis |
s2o | Colorado Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Charles Rangel |
s2o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Steven Rothman |
s2o | New Jersey Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Tim Ryan |
s2o | Ohio Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Loretta Sanchez |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| John Sarbanes |
s2o | Maryland Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
s2o | Illinois Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Adam Schiff |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Allyson Schwartz |
s2o | Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Challenger | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jose Serrano |
s2o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Terri Sewell |
s2o | Alabama Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| David Adam Smith |
s2o | Washington Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Pete Stark |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Mike Thompson |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| John Tierney |
s2o | Massachusetts Democrat | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Paul Tonko |
s2o | New York Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Ed Towns |
s2o | New York Democrat/Liberal (Retiring) | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Chris Van Hollen |
s2o | Maryland Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
s2o | Florida Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Henry Waxman |
s2o | California Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Peter Welch |
s2o | Vermont Democrat | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Frederica Wilson |
s2o | Florida Democrat | Nov 16, 2012 |
Republicans
participating in 12-HR6591 |
Independents
participating in 12-HR6591 |
| Donna Christensen |
s2o | Virgin Islands - | Nov 29, 2012 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
88
Republicans:
0
Independents:
1 |
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