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Rep. Jesse
Jackson, Jr. Introduces Instant Runoff Voting,
Electoral Reform
Legislation
November 6,
2001
On November 6, 2001 U.S.
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Illinois) introduced three pieces
of electoral reform legislation. The three bills are:
H.RES.3232: Instant
Runoff Voting in Presidential Elections
To direct
the Federal
Election Commission to make grants to States which have adopted an
instant runoff voting system for presidential elections.
Bill
Summary & Status Information Online
Bill
Text (.rtf format)
H.J.RES.72:
Constitutional Right to Vote
Proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.
Bill Summary & Status Information
Online
Bill Text (.rtf
format)
H.CON.RES.263:
Presidential Debates
Expressing the sense of Congress
that any Presidential candidate should be permitted to participate
in debates among candidates if at least 5 percent of respondents in
national public opinion polls of all eligible voters support the
candidate's election for President or if a majority of respondents
in such polls support the candidate's participation in such debates.
Bill Summary & Status Information
Online
Bill Text (.rtf
format)
The Center urges you
to contact your representative to support and co-sponsor H.RES.
3232. To read Rep. Jackson's argument for IRV, click here.
Read an excerpt on instant runoff voting
from Rep. Jackson's book, A More Perfect Union: Advancing New
American Rights
Press Release from The Center for
Voting and Democracy (also available in .rtf
format).
"One year after Florida
debacle: Jesse Jackson Jr. presses for fundamental election
reforms." This article by John Nichols appeared
on The Nation magazine's
website on November 7th.
Jesse
Jackson Jr. website |
