Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 196 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 196

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
                      regarding the right to vote.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2026

   Mr. Jackson of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Khanna, Ms.
  Williams of Georgia, Mr. Fields, Ms. Simon, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms.
 Tlaib, Ms. Titus, Mr. Figures, Ms. Craig, Mr. Larson of Connecticut,
   Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Wasserman
 Schultz) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
                      regarding the right to vote.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the
Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the
several States:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Each citizen of the United States who is of legal
voting age shall have the right to vote in any public election held in
the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. The right to vote in a
public election shall not be denied or abridged by the United States,
any State, or any other public or private person or entity, except that
the United States or, in the case of elections held in the State, a
State may establish requirements narrowly tailored to preserve the
integrity of elections.
    ``Section 2. Each State shall administer public elections in the
State in accordance with election performance standards that the
Congress shall establish by law.
    ``Section 3. Each State shall provide any eligible voter the
opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election.
    ``Section 4. The Congress shall have power to enforce and implement
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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