Harrison Hagan Schmitt on Voting & Elections

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Voting & Elections4 votes

Expand accessRestrict access

5 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Voting & Elections. 4 of them counted toward the score above: 3 toward “Expand access” and 1 toward “Restrict access”.

The other 1 did not count: 1 was a roll call 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
1982-06-18	TO AMEND H.R. 3112 TO CLARIFY THE PHRASES "ANYWHERE IN THE TERRITORY" AND "ALL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS WITHIN ITS TERRITORY" UNDER THE BAILOUT PROVISION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. THE AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE THE AFFECT OF MAKING IT EASIER FOR ALASKA TO BAILOUT. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 33H.R. 3112 · 97th Congress	Yea	Restrict access
1982-06-17	TO AMEND S. 1992 TO PROVIDE THAT, AFTER AUGUST 6, 1982, ANY LEGAL ACTION BROUGHT UNDER EITHER SECTION 4 OR 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WOULD BE BROUGHT IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ORDINARILY HAVING VENUE OVER SUCH CASES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 33S. 1992 · 97th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1982-06-17	TO AMEND S. 1992 TO STRIKE SECTION 3 FROM THE BILL WHICH ALLOWS SOME VIOLATIONS OF VOTING RIGHTS TO BE PROVEN SOLEY BY SHOWING THAT A PARTICULAR ELECTION PROCEDURE RESULTS IN DISCRIMINATION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 33S. 1992 · 97th Congress	Nay	Expand access
1982-06-15	TO CLOSE DEBATE ON S. 1992, A BILL EXTENDING FOR 25 YEARS THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 33S. 1992 · 97th Congress	Yea	Expand access
1981-07-20	TO AMEND H. J. RES. 266 BY ELIMINATING THE VOTING RIGHTS PASS THROUGH REQUIREMENT FOR CLOSELY HELD CORPORATIONS PARTICIPATING IN EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 8H.J.Res. 266 · 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.