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House Roll Call 1134, 106th Congress · October 12, 2000

To remove the uncertainty regarding the authority of the Department of Defense to permit buildings located on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places in Federal, State, and local elections — H R 5174 QUESTION: MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS TO REMOVE THE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PERMIT BUILDINGS LOCATED ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND RESERVE COMPONENT FACILITIES TO BE USED AS POLLING PLACES IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ELECTIONS

Question before the chamber: Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

297 yea · 113 nayPassed23 not voting or present
Democrat85 yea · 113 nay
Republican211 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5174

To amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, and the Revised Statutes to remove the uncertainty regarding the authority of the Department of Defense to permit buildings located on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places in Federal, State, and local elections for public office.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Allowing military sites as polling places does not expand or restrain defense capabilities.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (297)

Nay (113)

Not voting or present (23)

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