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H.R. 1504 116th Congress House

Know Your Polling Place Act

Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes.

Introduced: March 5, 2019 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Congressional electionsElections, voting, political campaign regulationState and local government operationsVoting rights
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 5, 2019
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 Latest action March 5, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Know Your Polling Place Act

This bill requires a state that changes an individual's polling place to notify the individual at least seven days before the election, or, if the change is made fewer than seven days before the election and the individual appears at the previously assigned polling place, to make every reasonable effort to enable the individual to vote.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1 For the People Act of 2019
  • S 549 Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
  • S 949 For the People Act of 2019
  • HR 1275 Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Mar 14, 2019
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 5, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Mar 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1504: Know Your Polling Place Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1504/
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"H.R. 1504: Know Your Polling Place Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1504/.
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H.R. 1504, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1504/.
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