People Before Party Act of 2013

People Before Party Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or "straight-party voting.")

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 936 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 936

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to eliminate straight-party 
       voting from any voting system used for Federal elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2013

Mr. Matheson (for himself and Mr. Dent) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to eliminate straight-party 
       voting from any voting system used for Federal elections.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``People Before Party Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF STRAIGHT-PARTY VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Section 301(a)(6) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15481(a)(6)) is amended by striking the period at the end of the 
sentence and inserting ``, except that no State may provide a voter 
with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as 
a representation of the selection of an individual candidate.''.
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