S 9 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Clean and Fair Elections Act

Introduced Jan 22, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Harry Reid D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 22, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47-48)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Clean and Fair Elections Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to congressional attention to elections and voting, including concerning:

  • structuring election administration and campaign finance systems so that the interests of the American public are the first priority;
  • greater transparency and an end to anonymous political spending by shadow groups and special interests;
  • disclosure of campaign contributions in a searchable, public online database,
  • safeguarding the right to vote, including by prohibiting deceptive and misleading efforts to prevent voters from exercising the franchise;
  • streamlining voting procedures;
  • passage of legislation that includes expanded absentee voting, mandatory early voting periods, and voter registration reforms;
  • ensuring that local election officials have working voting systems that are accessible, secure, and easy to use;
  • state plans to reduce lines at polling places and provide additional flexibility in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency; and
  • enforcement of the guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 so that all Americans are able to vote and have their votes count without discrimination.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2013 to May 22, 2014, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 22, 2013
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJan 22, 2013
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 22, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47-48)

Subjects

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  1. Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate

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