This House resolution reaffirms the House's commitment to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. It lists recent court decisions and administrative actions that, the resolution says, have weakened voting protections. It condemns sending troops, armed Federal agents, or immigration enforcement personnel to polling places except to repel an imminent armed attack. It calls on the Department of Homeland Security to state in writing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not operate at or near polling places during elections. The resolution opposes a federal requirement for documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and opposes any Federal effort to compile a national database of confidential voter registration information. It supports restoring Federal preclearance protections and other Voting Rights Act protections described in the text. It supports requiring States to give public, accessible notice of polling places and accessible voting machines. It opposes using emergency or immigration authority to federalize or otherwise interfere with elections. It calls on House members to reject voter intimidation and suppression and asks the Speaker to commit to promptly administering the oath to duly elected Representatives.
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Supporters say the resolution defends the equal protection and voting guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. They cite recent Supreme Court decisions, Department of Justice requests for voter data, and a new Postal Service ballot-mail rule as reasons to act. Proponents want to prevent armed Federal presence at polling sites, stop a national voter data compilation, oppose documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements for registration, and restore preclearance and other voting-rights protections.
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