Testimony before the Committee on House Administration discussing HR3595 and the problem of early release of presidential election results · Les AuCoin Collection

Title: Testimony before the Committee on House Administration discussing HR3595 and the problem of early release of presidential election results
Description: The testimony of US Congressman Les AuCoin before the Committee on House Administration discussing the problem of the early release of Presidential election results and advocating for his bill, 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. The testimony was delivered on December 15, 1981, and the 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_489
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: 1981
Date Created: December 15, 1981
Spatial Coverage: United States
Subject: 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

Item sets: AuCoin Writings

Media: PUA_MS147_489.pdf