Daniel Coats on Voting & Elections

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Voting & Elections8 votes · 11.1/100 consistent

Expand accessRestrict access

14 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Voting & Elections. 8 of them counted toward the score above: 4 toward “Expand access” and 4 toward “Restrict access”.

The other 6 did not count: 6 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2016-02-02	To require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from fossil fuel activities.S. 2012 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict access
2015-03-26	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to making it more difficult for corporations and billionaires to secretly influence elections by making unlimited undisclosed campaign expenditures, and to prevent such entities from evading campaign finance law, including through making false statements to government agencies.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2015-01-28	To require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands development.S. 1 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict access
2015-01-22	To require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands development.S. 1 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1996-06-25	A bill to reform the financing of Federal elections, and for other purposes. — S.1219 BY MCCAIN (R-AZ) -- SENATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ACT OF 1996 (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE BILL.)S. 1219 · 104th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1995-07-20	Expressing the sense of the Senate that the 104th Congress should consider comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation. — (SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO TABLE THE FEINGOLD AMENDMENT NO. 1803, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 104TH CONGRESS SHOULD CONSIDER COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM LEGISLATION.)H.R. 1854 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1992-08-07	A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to bilingual election requirements. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 4312, TO AMEND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 WITH RESPECT TO BILINGUAL ELECTION REQUIREMENTS.)H.R. 4312 · 102nd Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Restrict access
1992-08-07	To modify the application of the bilingual voting requirements and require certain studies. — H.R.4312 BY SERRANO (D-NY) -- VOTING RIGHTS LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1992 (PUB. L. 102-344, APPROVED 8/26/92) (SENATE REJECTED THE SIMPSON AMENDMENT NO. 2911, TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE BILINGUAL VOTING REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIRE CERTAIN STUDIES.)H.R. 4312 · 102nd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict access
1990-07-30	To strike provisions relating to taxpayer funding of Senate campaigns. — TO AMEND S 137, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ACT, TO STRIKE PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAXPAYER FUNDING OF SENATE CAMPAIGNS.S. 137 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-10-05	TO PASS H.R. 3112, A BILL TO EXTEND KEY ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS OF THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 3112 · 97th Congress	Yea	Expand access
1981-10-05	TO AMEND H.R. 3112, BY ELIMINATING PROVISIONS IN THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE BILINGUAL ELECTION MATERIALS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3112 · 97th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1981-10-05	TO AMEND H.R. 3112, BY ALLOWING A STATE COVERED BY THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO BAIL OUT FROM COVERAGE IF TWO-THIRDS OF ITS COUNTIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO BAIL OUT. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3112 · 97th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1981-10-05	TO AMEND H.R. 3112, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION THAT MADE THE SIGNING OF A CONSENT DECREE IN A VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT A BAR TO BAILING OUT FROM COVERAGE OF THE ACT IF THE CONSENT DECREE WERE SIGNED WITHIN 10 YEARS OF A JURISDICTION'S PETITION TO BAIL OUT. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3112 · 97th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1981-10-05	TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO CONSIDER H.R. 3112, THE LEGISLATION FOR EXTENDING ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS OF THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 3112 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand access / Restrict access axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.