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

Bill: 117-hjres-5
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-04
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that grants U.S. citizens who are 18 years of age or older a right to vote unless they are serving a sentence for a felony in a correctional facility at the time of an election. (Currently, some states disallow individuals from voting, either temporarily or indefinitely,&nbsp;after incarceration for a felony.) </p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 5 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2021 Mr. Cooper 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 protecting the right of citizens 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 within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: — 1. The right of a citizen of the United States, who is 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State, unless, at the time of an election, such citizen is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a felony in a correctional facility. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .