[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7034 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7034

   To change the date for regularly scheduled general elections for 
 Federal office to both the Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday 
                  in November, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2008

  Mr. Larson of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To change the date for regularly scheduled general elections for 
 Federal office to both the Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday 
                  in November, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Citizen's Accessibility Election 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CHANGE IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION DAY TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY; 
              ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM PERIOD FOR OPERATION OF POLLING 
              PLACES.

    Section 25 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 
7) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 25. (a) The first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday 
in November, in every even numbered year, are established as the days 
for the election, in each of the States and Territories of the United 
States, of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on 
the 3d day of January thereafter.
    ``(b) On the days for election described in subsection (a), the 
period of operation of the polling places in each State and territory 
(other than Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam) shall be the 6-
hour period beginning with noon Eastern time.''.

SEC. 3. CHANGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY; 
              ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM PERIOD FOR OPERATION OF POLLING 
              PLACES.

    (a) Presidential Elections on Saturday and Sunday.--Section 1 of 
title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Tuesday next 
after the first Monday'' and inserting ``first Saturday and Sunday 
after the first Friday''.
    (b) Uniform Period for Operation of Polling Places.--Section 1 of 
such title is amended--
            (1) by the striking ``The electors'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Day of Appointment of Electors.--The electors''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Period for Operation of Polling Places.--On the days for the 
appointment of electors described in subsection (a), the period of 
operation of the polling places in each State (other than Alaska and 
Hawaii) shall be the 6-hour period beginning with noon Eastern time.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office beginning with 
the elections held in November 2012.
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