Edward Irving Koch on Voting & Elections

DemocratNY

Voting & Elections11 votes

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17 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Voting & Elections. 11 of them counted toward the score above: 11 toward “Expand access” and 0 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
1977-05-09	TO PASS H. RES. 528, THE RESOLUTION TO DISMISS THE ELECTION CONTEST AGAINST CARL D. PURSELL OF MICHIGAN.H.Res. 528 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1977-05-09	TO PASS H. RES. 527, THE RESOLUTION TO DISMISS THE ELECTION CONTEST AGAINST ABNER MIKVA OF ILLINOIS.H.Res. 527 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1977-05-09	TO RECOMMIT H. RES. 526 TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO RECONSIDER THE ELECTION CONTEST AGAINST BOB GAMMAGE OF TEXAS.H.Res. 526 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1976-04-29	TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF A H.R. 8617, TO RESTORE TO FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THEIR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE VOLUNTARILY, AS PRIVATE CITIZENS, IN THE POLITICAL PROCESSES OF THE NATION, TO PROTECT SUCH EMPLOYEES FROM IMPROPER POLITICAL SOLICITATION.H.R. 8617 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand access
1976-03-30	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 8617, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ACT, RESTORING TO FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THEIR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE VOLUNTARILY AS PRIVATE CITIZENS IN POLITICS AND PROTECT SUCH EMPLOYEES FROM IMPROPER POLITICAL SOLICITATIONS.H.R. 8617 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand access
1975-12-10	TO PASS S. 95, THE OVERSEAS CITIZENS VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1975.S. 95 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand access
1975-12-10	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 902, THE RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF S. 95, THE OVERSEAS CITIZENS VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1975.H.Res. 902 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-10-21	TO PASS H.R. 8617.H.R. 8617 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand access
1975-10-21	TO RECOMIT H.R. 8617.H.R. 8617 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1975-10-21	TO AMEND H.R 8617, A BILL TO RESTORE TO FEDERAL CIVIL AND POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THEIR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE VOLUNTARILY AS PRIVATE CITIZENS IN THE POLITICAL PROCESSES OF THE NATION, BY PROHIBITING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BEING A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE UNLESS IT IS A PARTELECTIVE OFFICE UNLESS IT IS A PART-TIME ELECTIVE OFFICE OF TIME ELECTIVE OFFICE OF A STATE OR LOCAL POLITICAL A STATE OR LOCAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. SUBDIVISION.H.R. 8617 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand access
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	Yea	Expand access
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	Nay	Expand 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	Nay	Expand access
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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