Public Funding Bill is Only Congressional Bill Gaining Co-Sponsors

In the last 30 days, none of the election law bills in the House of Representatives have gained any co-sponsors at all, except that the bill to provide for public funding of congressional campaigns has gained 3.

HR 1826, the public funding bill, now has 141 co-sponsors.

HR 3025, to require bipartisan commissions in each state to draw congressional district boundaries, still has 27. HR 4918, the newer bill on gerrymandering, which requires that the process of drawing district lines in each state legislature be transparent, only has one co-sponsor.

HR 3335, to require the states to let ex-felons vote in federal elections, was boosted recently because a subcommittee took testimony on this bill. But it has not gained any co-sponsors in the last month and still has 29.

HR 3957, to require the states to permit registration on election day, has not gained any co-sponsors in over a month and still has 18.

HR 2894, Congressman Rush Holt’s bill on vote-counting machines, has not gained any co-sponsors in months and still has 97.

HR 2499, the bill to hold a plebescite on the future status of Puerto Rico, in which all U.S. citizens who were born there could vote, no matter where they live now, has an impressive number of co-sponsors, 181, but it has not gained any co-sponsors in months.


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