,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjba,mr4 ,brown introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help        
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb to require 
,states to meet notification            
requirements for voters affected by     
polling place changes1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,polling ,change    
,awareness ,act4  #b4 ,minimum          
notification requirements for voters    
affected by polling place changes  7a7  
,requirements ,section #cjb of the ,help
 ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb      
,u4,s4,c4 #bajhb7 is amended-- 7#a7 by  
redesignating subsection 7d7 as         
subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7c7 the following new  
subsection3  7d7 ,minimum notification  
requirements for voters affected by     
polling place changes  7#a7 ,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--   
7,a7 the ,state shall notify the        
individual of the location of the       
polling place not later than #g days    
before the date of the election or the  
first day of an early voting period     
7whichever occurs first72 or  7,b7 if   
the ,state makes such an assignment     
fewer than #g 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 assigned1 the ,state     
shall make every reasonable effort to   
enable the individual to vote on the    
date of the election4  7#b7 ,methods of 
notification ,the ,state shall notify an

 individual under subparagraph 7,a7 of  
paragraph 7#a7 by mail1 telephone1 and  
7if available7 text message and         
electronic mail4  7#c7 ,placement of    
signs at closed polling places ,if a    
location which served as a polling place
 in an election for ,federal office does
 not serve as a polling place in the    
next election for ,federal office held  
in the jurisdiction involved1 the ,state
 shall ensure that signs are posted at  
such location on the date of the        
election and during any early voting    
period for the election containing the  
following information3 7,a7 ,a statement
 that the location is not serving as a  
polling place in the election4  7,b7    
,the locations serving as polling places
 in the election in the jurisdiction    
involved4  7,c7 ,contact information1   
including a telephone number and        
website1 for the appropriate ,state or  
local election official through which an
 individual may find the polling place  
to which the individual is assigned for 

the election4  7#d7 ,effective date     
,this subsection shall apply with       
respect to elections held on or after   
,january #a1 #bjbb4  4  7b7 ,conforming 
amendment ,section #cjb7;e7 of such ,act
 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajhb7;e771 as         
redesignated by subsection 7a71 is      
amended by striking ,each ,state and    
inserting ,except as provided in        
subsection 7d77#d71 each ,state4