,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #i  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the  
,,united ,,states  ,january #bb         
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,reid 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,leahy1   
,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mrs4      
,murray1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,brown1   
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mrs4   
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4      
,lautenberg1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mrs4       
,boxer1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,menendez1   
,mr4 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,rockefeller1 and ,mr4
 ,heinrich7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
strengthen our ,nation's electoral      
system by ensuring clean and fair       
elections4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,clean and ,fair    
,elections ,act4  #b4 ,sense of the     
,senate ,it is the sense of the ,senate 
that ,congress should--  7#a7 recognize 
that--  7,a7 our elections belong to the
 voters of the ,united ,states2 and     

7,b7 our systems of election            
administration and campaign finance     
should be structured in a way that      
prioritizes the interests of the        
,american public first2  7#b7 pass      
legislation to bring greater            
transparency to our elections and end   
anonymous political spending by shadow  
groups and special interests2  7#c7     
require greater disclosure of campaign  
contributions in a searchable1 public   
online database2  7#d7 take steps to    
safeguard the right to vote for every   
eligible voter1 including prohibiting   
deceptive and misleading efforts to     
prevent voters from exercising the      
franchise2  7#e7 improve access to the  
polls for every eligible voter by       
streamlining voting procedures2  7#f7   
pass election reform legislation that   
includes expanded absentee voting1      
mandatory early voting periods1 and     
voter registration reforms2  7#g7       
support local election officials to     
ensure they have working voting systems 

that are accessible1 secure1 and easy to
 use2  7#h7 require ,states to develop  
plans to reduce lines at polling places 
and develop contingency plans that      
provide additional flexibility in the   
event of a natural disaster or other    
emergency situation2 and  7#i7 ensure   
that the guarantees of the #adth and    
#aeth amendments to the ,constitution   
and the ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife   
are enforced so that all ,americans are 
able to vote and have their votes count 
without discrimination4