A bill to protect voting rights guaranteed by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution by eliminating certain barriers to participation in Federal elections.

Summary

Requires each State to provide for voter registration by mail for Federal elections. Requires such registration to be carried out by a post card application form approved by the Attorney General. Prohibits any State from denying any person the right to vote on the grounds such person is not registered to vote if such person has complied with the requirements of post card registration. Requires the Postmaster General, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, in cooperation with the Attorney General and the Chief election officer of each State, to facilitate distribution of post card registration forms in Federal facilities.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 March 1985

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