HR 1510 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Voter Outreach and Turnout Expansion Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 31, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Alcee L. Hastings D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 16, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 31, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Voter Outreach and Turnout Expansion Act of 2003 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) permit an individual to register to vote on the date of the election at each polling place in a State at which ballots are cast in an election for Federal office; and (2) require each jurisdiction in a State which administers an election for Federal office to designate early voting sites to serve as polling places for the election prior to the election date, and to permit any registered voter to cast a ballot at the site.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) many Americans do not vote on Election Day because of conflicting work schedules; (2) Federal, State, and local governments should share the responsibility for increasing voter turnout; (3) States should establish Election Day as a legal public holiday and provide full paid leave for State government employees; and (4) the treatment of Election Day in the same manner as Veterans Day for purposes of law relating to Federal employment will lead to increased voter turnout and will increase the availability of poll workers and suitable polling places.

Sets out requirements for employee voting leave.

Expresses the sense of Congress encouraging State and other jurisdictions to distribute sample ballots, information on voting, and other voter education materials as an aid to preventing errors by voters at the polls and reducing the rates of spoiled ballots.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2003 to Sep 24, 2003, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 31, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-FLKendrick B. MeekOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMar 31, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMar 31, 2003
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 16, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
  2. Apr 14, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  3. Mar 31, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Mar 31, 2003Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
  5. Mar 31, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E621-622)

Subjects

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