Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Bill: 115-hjres-74
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-15
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment</b></p> <p> This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment granting every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 74 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2017 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Ellison , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Takano , Ms. Norton , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Moore , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Norcross , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Grijalva , and Ms. Roybal-Allard ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States after the date of its submission for ratification:  — 1. Every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce and implement this article by appropriate legislation. .