,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #i  ,,in ,,the ,,house   
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #c1    
#bjai,mr4 ,engel submitted the following
 joint resolution2 which was referred to
 the ,committee on the ,judiciary       
,,joint ,,resolution  ,proposing an     
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states to protect the voting   
rights of the citizens of the ,united   
,states4  ,that the following article is
 proposed as an amendment to the        
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
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    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --  #a4 
,the ,president and ,vice ,president    
shall be elected by the citizens of the 
,united ,states4  #b4 ,no voting        
qualification or prerequisite to voting1
 nor any standard1 practice1 or         
procedure1 shall be imposed or applied  

by ,congress1 or by any ,state or       
political subdivision1 to deny or       
abridge the right of any citizen of the 
,united ,states to vote4 ,the right of  
the citizens of the ,united ,states to  
vote shall not be infringed on account  
of any undue burden of proof of identity
 or citizenship1 nor by any standard1   
practice1 or procedure implemented since
 the previous national election for     
,senator and ,representative in         
,congress4  #c4 ,the right of the       
citizens of the ,united ,states to      
engage in free and fair political debate
 shall be free from acts or expenditures
 by foreign persons1 and from undue or  
anonymous influence from any person4    
#d4 ,districts represented by members of
 ,congress1 or by members of any        
legislative body of any ,state or       
political subdivision1 shall be         
geographically compact and composed of  
contiguous territory4 ,no ,state or     
political subdivision shall deviate from
 this requirement except by reference to

 existing natural or political          
boundaries4  #e4 ,no citizen who has    
reached eighteen years of age shall be  
barred from participating in elections  
for ,president and ,vice ,president1 or 
for ,senator or ,representative in      
,congress1 on account of failure to     
register to vote4  #f4 ,elections for   
,president and ,vice ,president1 and for
 ,senator and ,representative in        
,congress1 shall be held on the ,tuesday
 next after the first ,monday in        
,november4 ,this day shall be designated
 a national holiday4 ,no entity shall   
interfere with1 withhold regular        
compensation from1 or otherwise penalize
 the exercise of the right of any of its
 agents1 employees1 contractors1 or     
assigns so entitled to vote on this day4
  #g4 ,congress shall have the power to 
enforce this article by appropriate     
legislation4  #h4 ,this article shall   
take effect two years after the date of 
its ratification4  4