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House Roll Call 182, 94th Congress · June 3, 1975

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.

134 yea · 269 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat59 yea · 226 nay
Republican85 yea · 53 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6219 ↗

An Act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional seven years, to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.85): Substituting weaker federal intervention thresholds narrows Voting Rights Act expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:voting rights

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (145)

Nay (281)

Not voting or present (7)

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