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Key Votes
HR 2 - Motor Voter Registration - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Nancy Pelosi voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Read statements Nancy Pelosi made in this general time period.
Stages
- May 20, 1993 Executive Signed
- May 11, 1993 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- May 5, 1993 House Conference Report Adopted
- March 17, 1993 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 4, 1993 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 5, 1993 Introduced
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Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 103-31 - May 20, 1993
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (62-36) - May 11, 1993(Key vote)
Title: Motor Voter Registration
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that requires States to establish voter registration procedures.
Highlights:
- Requires a State's motor vehicle department to add a voter registration application on a driver's license application.
- Instructs States to use Federal Election Commission prescribed mail voter registration application forms.
- Requires each State to designate offices that provide public assistance, unemployment, or disability services, State and local government offices, and federal and nongovernmental offices as voter registration agencies.
- Imposes a fine or up to 5 years in prison, or both, for individuals that intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for registering to vote or voting.
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (259-164) - May 5, 1993(Key vote)
Title: Motor Voter Registration
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that requires States to establish voter registration procedures.
Highlights:
- Requires a State's motor vehicle department to add a voter registration application on a driver's license application.
- Instructs States to use Federal Election Commission prescribed mail voter registration application forms.
- Requires each State to designate offices that provide public assistance, unemployment, or disability services, State and local government offices, and federal and nongovernmental offices as voter registration agencies.
- Imposes a fine or up to 5 years in prison, or both, for individuals that intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for registering to vote or voting.
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) (62-37) - March 17, 1993(Key vote)
Title: Motor Voter Registration
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires States to establish voter registration procedures.
Highlights:
- Requires a State's motor vehicle department to add a voter registration application on a driver's license application.
- Instructs States to use Federal Election Commission prescribed mail voter registration application forms.
- Requires each State to designate offices that provide public assistance, unemployment, or disability services, State and local government offices, and federal and nongovernmental offices as voter registration agencies.
- Imposes a fine or up to 5 years in prison, or both, for individuals that intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for registering to vote or voting.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (259-160) - Feb. 4, 1993(Key vote)
Title: Motor Voter Registration
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires States to establish voter registration procedures.
Highlights:
- Requires a State's motor vehicle department to add a voter registration application on a driver's license application.
- Instructs States to use Federal Election Commission prescribed mail voter registration application forms.
- Requires each State to designate offices that provide public assistance, unemployment, or disability services, State and local government offices, and federal and nongovernmental offices as voter registration agencies.
- Imposes a fine or up to 5 years in prison, or both, for individuals that intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for registering to vote or voting.
Sponsors
- Al Swift (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Gary L. Ackerman (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Rob' Andrews (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Bacchus (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry Scott 'Scotty' Baesler (KY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Xavier Becerra (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Edward Bonior (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- George E. Brown Jr. (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sherrod C. Brown (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leslie L. Byrne (VA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Maria Cantwell (WA - ) (Out Of Office)
- William L. 'Bill' Clay Sr. (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- James E. 'Jim' Clyburn (SC - D)
- John Conyers Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (CT - D)
- Ronald V. Dellums (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (SC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter Deutsch (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Norman DeValois 'Norm' Dicks (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Don Edwards (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Victor H. 'Vic' Fazio (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cleo Fields (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Filner (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eric D. Fingerhut (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jonas 'Martin' Frost III (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth Furse (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sam Gejdenson (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Andrew 'Dick' Gephardt (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX - D)
- Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL - D)
- Tony P. Hall (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steny H. Hoyer (MD - D)
- Jay Robert Inslee (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Paul E. Kanjorski (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dale E. Kildee (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gerald D. 'Jerry' Kleczka (WI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert C. Klein (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald P. 'Ron' Klink (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Kopetski (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Kreidler (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- Thomas J. Manton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Romano L. Mazzoli (KY - D) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul McHale (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cynthia Ann McKinney (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Martin T. 'Marty' Meehan (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Constance A. Morella (MD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Richard E. Neal (MA - D)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC - D)
- David Ross 'Dave' Obey (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- John W. Olver (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward López 'Ed' Pastor (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA - D)
- Collin C. Peterson (MN - D)
- Melvin J. 'MR' Reynolds (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Richardson (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo (PR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles G. 'Charlie' Rose III (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Karen Shepherd (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bart T. Stupak (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard N. 'Dick' Swett (NH - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jolene Unsoeld (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (NY - D)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
