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HR 4183 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Weekend Voting Act

Introduced: March 8, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
Mar 8, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 8, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.

Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 10:00 a.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday as provided by the law of the state in which the polling place is located.

What's happening now March 14, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
Shuler, Heath
· Sep 13, 2012
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 8, 2012
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 8, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4183: Weekend Voting Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4183/
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"H.R. 4183: Weekend Voting Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4183/.
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H.R. 4183, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4183/.
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