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H.R. 9615House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Know Your Polling Place Act

Sponsored by Colin Z. AllredRep. Colin Z. Allred (D-TX)
Introduced September 17, 2024

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The Know Your Polling Place Act amends the Help America Vote Act to require states to give voters advance notice when their assigned polling place changes. It ensures voters are told the new location at least seven days before a federal election, or that states take reasonable steps to let them vote if the change is announced later. The rule applies to all registered voters in states for federal elections beginning with contests held on or after January 1, 2026.

Key Provisions

  • States must notify any voter whose polling place changes at least seven days before the election.
  • If a change is made less than seven days before the election and the voter goes to the old location, the state must make reasonable efforts to allow the voter to cast a ballot on election day.
  • The notification requirement takes effect for elections held on or after January 1, 2026.
  • Technical amendment redesignates existing subsections and updates language to reflect the new notification rule.

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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Committee on House Administration

September 17, 2024

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Introduced in House

September 17, 2024

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Committee on House Administration

September 17, 2024

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 17, 2024

I

118th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 9615

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 17, 2024

Mr. Allred (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Veasey, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A BILL

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Know Your Polling Place Act.

2.

Minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes

(a)

Requirements

Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and

(2)

by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

(d)

Minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes

(1)

In general

If a State assigns an individual who is a registered voter in a State to a polling place with respect to an election for Federal office which is not the same polling place to which the individual was previously assigned with respect to the most recent election for Federal office in the State in which the individual was eligible to vote—

(A)

the State shall notify the individual of the location of the polling place not later than 7 days before the date of the election; or

(B)

if the State makes such an assignment fewer than 7 days before the date of the election and the individual appears on the date of the election at the polling place to which the individual was previously assigned, the State shall make every reasonable effort to enable the individual to vote on the date of the election.

(2)

Effective date

This subsection shall apply with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 2026.

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(b)

Conforming amendment

Section 302(e) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21082(f)), as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking Each State and inserting Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), each State.