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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 24, 2005
Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.
Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the continental United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 6:00 p.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close from midnight to 5:00 a.m. local time on Sunday morning.
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Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D–WI
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S364-365)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S363-364)
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