,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjai,mr4
 ,amash introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require ,states to impose the same      
ballot access rules on all candidates in
 a general congressional election held  
in the ,state without regard to whether 
or not the candidates are nominees of a 
political party1 and to require ,states 
to use a ballot for a general           
congressional election that requires a  
specific vote for a candidate for the   
office involved4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,ballot       
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,ballot fairness   
requirements for general congressional  
elections  7a7 ,requiring equivalent    
ballot access rules for all candidates  
in general election ,a ,state shall     
impose the same requirements for        
appearing on the ballot in a general    
congressional election held in the      

,state on all candidates in the         
election1 without regard to whether or  
not a candidate is the nominee of a     
political party4  7b7 ,requiring use of 
ballots that require specific votes for 
candidate ,for the election of a        
candidate in a general congressional    
election held in a ,state1 the ,state   
shall use a ballot that requires a      
specific vote for that candidate for the
 office involved and that does not      
permit the casting of a single vote for 
all candidates of the same political    
party for multiple elections4  7c7      
,definitions ,in this ,act1 the         
following definitions apply3 7#a7 ,the  
term general congressional election     
means a general election for the office 
of ,senator or ,representative in1 or   
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4  7#b7 ,the term ,state  
means each of the several ,states1 the  
,district of ,columbia1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1  
,american ,samoa1 the ,united ,states   

,virgin ,islands1 and the ,commonwealth 
of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands4  7d7
 ,effective date ,this section shall    
apply with respect to the regularly     
scheduled general congressional election
 held in ,november #bjbj and each       
succeeding general congressional        
election4