3.0.0 955 2022-11-01T18:47:27Z 2022-11-05T19:28:51Z Senate S 2019-03-28 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-28T20:23:37Z 2019-03-28 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2019-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Government Operations and Politics Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Legal fees and court costs State and local government operations Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-31T17:00:23Z Polling Place Protection Act of 2019

This bill requires states and jurisdictions responsible for administering elections to provide sufficient resources to ensure

  • a reasonably uniform ratio of staff and voting systems to registered voters,
  • a reasonably uniform geographic distribution of polling places,
  • a fair and equitable waiting time for voters, and
  • a wait of no longer than 30 minutes to cast a ballot at a polling place.

These states and jurisdictions must develop an election administration plan that includes a contingency plan for additional resources to be deployed if there are wait times of over 30 minutes at any polling place on an election day. Contingency plans must be approved by the Federal Election Commission.

This bill provides a private right of action for an individual aggrieved by a state or jurisdiction's violation of the voting wait time limit.

A U.S. district court may extend polling hours to enforce these requirements.

]]> Polling Place Protection Act of 2019 Display Title Polling Place Protection Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Polling Place Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reduce waiting times for voters in Federal elections. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s955is/xml/BILLS-116s955is.xml 2019-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.