July 22, 2004

Holding an Election on November 2

Given all the debate that broke out when it looked like some actors in the government were studying the feasibility of the postponing the election if a terrorist attack threated to disrupt it, it was perhaps inevitable that the House of Representatives would take up the issue. I am very pleased that they passed (with apparently little partisan rancor) a non-binding resolution in favor of the following sentiment.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the actions of terrorists will never cause the date of any Presidential election to be postponed and that no single individual or agency should be given the authority to postpone the date of a Presidential election

The resolution was approved by a vote of 419-2. Opposing it were Rep. Baird (D-WA) and retiring Rep. McInnis (R-CO).

Posted by armand at July 22, 2004 03:13 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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