Remarks from Congressional Record on legislation introduced to amend Voting Rights Act

Title

Remarks from Congressional Record on legislation introduced to amend Voting Rights Act

Description

House floor remarks by US Congressman Les AuCoin, as published in the Congressional Record, advocating for HR3595 - A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to provide a uniform time for the closing of the polling places in all elections of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, to prevent the release of election results before polling places have closed, and for other purposes. This legislation was notably introduced following the 1980 presidential election, when Jimmy Carter conceded the election before polls closed on the West Coast.

This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_485

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date

1981

Date Created

May 14, 1981

Is Part Of

Congressional Record

Spatial Coverage

United States

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Elections--United States--Law and legislation

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text