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House Roll Call 190, 94th Congress · June 4, 1975

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.

311 yea · 103 nay17 not voting or present
Democrat180 yea · 96 nay
Republican131 yea · 6 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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): Restricting coverage trigger requirements to citizens narrows Voting Rights Act scope.

    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 (313)

Nay (103)

Not voting or present (17)

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