Richard Harmon Fulton on Voting & Elections

DemocratTN

Voting & Elections3 votes

Expand accessRestrict access

7 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Voting & Elections. 3 of them counted toward the score above: 2 toward “Expand access” and 1 toward “Restrict access”.

The other 4 did not count: 2 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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
1975-07-28	TO AGREE TO H.RES. 640, PROVIDING TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 6219, A BILL AMENDING AND EXTENDING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.H.Res. 640 · 94th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1975-06-04	TO AMEND H.R. 6219 BY INSERTING "CITIZENS" IN LIEU OF "PERSONS" IN LANGUAGE OUTLINING CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO TRIGGER COVERAGE UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.H.R. 6219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Restrict access
1975-06-03	TO AMEND H.R. 6219 BY STRIKING TITLE II WHICH PROVIDES THAT ANY STATE WHICH HAS 5% OF A LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUP, LESS THAN 50% TURNOUT, AND BALLOTS PRINTED ONLY IN ENGLISH WOULD COME UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.H.R. 6219 · 94th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1975-06-03	TO AMEND H.R. 6219 BY ADDING A SECTION REPEALING THE PRECLEARANCE (OF VOTING LAW CHANGES INCLUDING REDISTRICTING) PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN SECTION 5 OF THE ACT.H.R. 6219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1975-06-03	TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 6219, A BILL EXTENDING AND AMENDING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. THE WIGGINS SUBSTITUTE WOULD "TRIGGER" THE FEDERAL PRESENCE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS WHEN LESS THAN 50% OF SPANISH OR BLACK CITIZENS HAVE VOTED IN THE PREVIOUS FEDERAL ELECTION, IN DISTRICTS IN WHICH 5% OF THE POPULATION IS BLACK OR SPANISH (INSTEAD OF IN ANY DISTRICT WHERE 50% OF VOTING AGE POPULATION DOES NOT VOTE) AND WOULD REQUIRE THE FEDERAL PRESENCE FOR 10 YEARS AFTER SUCH ELECTION, INSTEAD OF UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION IN WHICH 50% OF SUCH MINORITIES VOTE.H.R. 6219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1974-06-10	TO PASS H.R. 15074, A BILL TO REGULATE CERTAIN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE PRACTISES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.H.R. 15074 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-06-10	TO AMEND H.R. 15074, A BILL TO REGULATE CERTAIN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE PRACTICES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY SETTING EXPENDITURE LIMITS FOR MAYORAL CANDIDATES AT $100,000 IN LIEU OF $150,000 AND SETTING LOWER LIMITS FOR CAMPAIGNS FOR OTHER DISTRICT OFFICES.H.R. 15074 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable

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