James Terry Sanford on Voting & Elections

DemocratNC

Voting & Elections2 votes

Expand accessRestrict access

6 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Voting & Elections. 2 of them counted toward the score above: 2 toward “Expand access” and 0 toward “Restrict access”.

The other 4 did not count: 4 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
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	Yea	Expand 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	Nay	Expand 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	Nay	Direction not readable
1988-02-26	TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON S 2, CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW, A BILL TO INSTITUTE LIMITS ON CAMPAIGN SPENDING AND THE ROLE OF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES IN SENATE ELECTIONS. MOTION REJECTED, THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.S. 2 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-15	TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON S 2, THE SENATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL, A BILL TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY SPENDING LIMITS IN SENATE CAMPAIGNS, TO PROVIDE LIMITED PUBLIC FUNDING FOR CANDIDATES WHOSE OPPONENTS BREAK THESE LIMITS, AND TO LIMIT THE CONTRIBUTIONS CANDIDATES CAN ACCEPT FROM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. MOTION REJECTED, THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.S. 2 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-09	TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON S 2, THE SENATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL, A BILL TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR SENATE CAMPAIGNS, TO PROVIDE LIMITED PUBLIC FUNDING TO CANDIDATES WHOSE OPPONENTS BREAK THOSE LIMITS, AND TO LIMIT THE CONTRIBUTIONS A CANDIDATE MAY ACCEPT FROM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. MOTION REJECTED, THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.S. 2 · 100th 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.