,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,israel 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,larson 
of ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,dingell1 ,ms4    
,slaughter1 and ,mr4 ,clyburn7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,house   
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to change  
the date for regularly scheduled        
,federal elections and establish polling
 place hours4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,weekend       
,voting ,act4  #b4 ,change in           
congressional election day to ,saturday 
and ,sunday ,section #be of the ,revised
 ,statutes of the ,united ,states 7#b   
,u4,s4,c4 #g7 is amended to read as     
follows3  #be4 ,the first ,saturday and 
,sunday after the first ,friday in      
,november1 in every even numbered year1 
are established as the days for the     
election1 in each of the ,states and    
,territories of the ,united ,states1 of 
,representatives and ,delegates to the  

,congress commencing on the #c;d day of 
,january thereafter4  4  #c4 ,change in 
,presidential election day to ,saturday 
and ,sunday ,section #a of title #c1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking ,tuesday next after the first  
,monday and inserting first ,saturday   
and ,sunday after the first ,friday4    
#d4 ,polling place hours  7a7 ,in       
general  7#a7 ,presidential general     
election ,chapter #a of title #c1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7,a7 by redesignating section #a as     
section #a;,a2 and  7,b7 by inserting   
before section #a;,a the following3  #a4
 ,polling place hours  7a7 ,definitions 
,in this section3  7#a7 ,continental    
,united ,states ,the term continental   
,united ,states means a ,state 7other   
than ,alaska and ,hawaii7 and the       
,district of ,columbia4  7#b7           
,presidential general election ,the term
 ,presidential general election means   
the election for electors of ,president 
and ,vice ,president4  7b7 ,polling     

place hours  7#a7 ,polling places in the
 continental ,united ,states ,each      
polling place in the continental ,united
 ,states shall be open1 with respect to 
a ,presidential general election1       
beginning on ,saturday at #aj3jj a4m4   
eastern standard time and ending on     
,sunday at #f3jj p4m4 eastern standard  
time4  7#b7 ,polling places outside the 
continental ,united ,states ,each       
polling place not located in the        
continental ,united ,states shall be    
open1 with respect to a ,presidential   
general election1 beginning on ,saturday
 at #aj3jj a4m4 local time and ending on
 ,sunday at #f3jj p4m4 local time4  7#c7
 ,early closing ,a polling place may    
close between the hours of #aj3jj p4m4  
local time on ,saturday and #f3jj a4m4  
local time on ,sunday as provided by the
 law of the ,state in which the polling 
place is located4  4  7#b7              
,congressional general election ,section
 #be of the ,revised ,statutes of the   
,united ,states 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #g7 is    

amended--  7,a7 by redesignating section
 #be as section #be;,a2 and  7,b7 by    
inserting before section #be;,a the     
following3  #be4 ,polling place hours   
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7
 ,continental ,united ,states ,the term 
continental ,united ,states means a     
,state 7other than ,alaska and ,hawaii7 
and the ,district of ,columbia4  7#b7   
,congressional general election ,the    
term congressional general election     
means the regularly scheduled general   
election for the office of ,senator or  
,representative in1 or ,delegate or     
,resident ,commissioner to1 the         
,congress4  7b7 ,polling place hours    
7#a7 ,polling places inside the         
continental ,united ,states ,each       
polling place in the continental ,united
 ,states shall be open1 with respect to 
a congressional general election1       
beginning on ,saturday at #aj3jj a4m4   
eastern standard time and ending on     
,sunday at #f3jj p4m4 eastern standard  
time4  7#b7 ,polling places outside the 

continental ,united ,states ,each       
polling place not located in the        
continental ,united ,states shall be    
open1 with respect to a congressional   
general election1 beginning on ,saturday
 at #aj3jj a4m4 local time and ending on
 ,sunday at #f3jj p4m4 local time4  7#c7
 ,early closing ,a polling place may    
close between the hours of #aj3jj p4m4  
local time on ,saturday and #f3jj a4m4  
local time on ,sunday as provided by the
 law of the ,state in which the polling 
place is located4  4  7b7 ,conforming   
amendments  7#a7 ,the table of sections 
for chapter #a of title #c1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
the item relating to section #a and     
inserting the following3  #a4 ,polling  
place hours4 #a;,a4 ,time of appointing 
electors4  4  7#b7 ,sections #hga7;b7   
and #agea7;f7 of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 are each amended by      
striking title #c1 ,united ,states      
,code1 sections #a and #b and inserting 
sections #a;,a and #b of title #c4