The testimony of US Congressman Les AuCoin before the Committee on House Administration discussing the problem of the early release of Presidential election results and advocating for his bill, HR3595 - A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to provide a uniform time for the closing of the polling places in all elections of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, to prevent the release of election results before polling places have closed, and for other purposes. The testimony was delivered on December 15, 1981, and the legislation was notably introduced following the 1980 presidential election, when Jimmy Carter conceded the election before polls closed on the West Coast.
House floor remarks by US Congressman Les AuCoin, as published in the Congressional Record, advocating for HR3595 - A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to provide a uniform time for the closing of the polling places in all elections of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, to prevent the release of election results before polling places have closed, and for other purposes. This legislation was notably introduced following the 1980 presidential election, when Jimmy Carter conceded the election before polls closed on the West Coast.
A letter to a congressional colleague from U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin regarding a proposed amendment to the Voting Rights Act. In his letter, Congressman AuCoin advocated for the proposed amendment, which aimed to "introduce a pragmatic, practical, and non-intrusive solution to the problem caused by early release of Presidential election results." The proposed amendment would have closed all presidential election polls by 11:00pm EST on election day and would have prevented official election results from being released untill all polls were closed. The letter was also signed by Oregon Congressmen Jim Weaver and Ron Wyden. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
