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Senate Roll Call 672, 97th Congress · June 17, 1982

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) 33

16 yea · 81 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 44 nay
Republican15 yea · 38 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1992

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982

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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Striking the results test provision weakens Voting Rights Act protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): Striking the results test provision narrows voting rights access protections.

    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 (16)

Nay (82)

Not voting or present (2)

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