[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3153 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3153

 To establish a uniform closing time for the operation of polls on the 
       date of the election of the President and Vice President.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1998

 Mr. Campbell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a uniform closing time for the operation of polls on the 
       date of the election of the President and Vice President.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Uniform Poll Closing Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM POLL CLOSING TIME ON PRESIDENTIAL 
              ELECTION DAY.

    For each election of a President and Vice President held on the 
Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November (beginning with the 
election in 2000), the polls in each State and the District of Columbia 
shall close at 11 p.m. eastern standard time.
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