Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Right to Vote Only Has 18 Co-Sponsors in U.S. House

On May 14, Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) introduced HJR 44, a proposed Constitutional Amendment putting the right to vote into the Constitution. As of August 26, it only has 18 co-sponsors. Ten signed up in May, one in June, five in July, and only two in August. See here for the list of co-sponsors. The U.S. House has 435 members from states and also six non-voting members from other jurisdictions.


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Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Right to Vote Only Has 18 Co-Sponsors in U.S. House — No Comments

  1. Uniform definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the USA — including DC and occupied colonies.

    P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.

  2. Was there an earlier projection that there would be many more by this time? Even by discharge petition there’s really very little chance it would secure a two-thirds supermajority in the 113th congress.

    By drafting it and making it available for co-sponsorship, accountability can be had.

    It’s a 20 month long roll call really and members either co-sponsor it or they don’t

    There can be no forgiving a member for failure to co-sponsor without an expanded explanation of why.

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