People Before Party Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-936
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-04
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Political parties and affiliation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>People Before Party Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or &quot;straight-party voting.&quot;)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 936 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2013 Mr. Matheson (for himself and Mr. Dent ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to eliminate straight-party voting from any voting system used for Federal elections.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the People Before Party Act of 2013 . 2. Elimination of straight-party voting in Federal elections Section 301(a)(6) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(6) ) is amended by striking the period at the end of the sentence and inserting , except that no State may provide a voter with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. .