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A bill to provide a uniform time for the closing of polling places in the 1984 election of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to make the day of the…

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A bill to provide a uniform time for the closing of polling places in the 1984 election of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to make the day of the Presidential election in 1984 a national holiday.

Introduced: February 6, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 1981
Committee Hearings Held.
Feb 18, 1981
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM.
Feb 17, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Feb 6, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Feb 6, 1981
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 6, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law to require all polling places (except in Hawaii and Alaska) to close at eight post meridiem eastern standard time for the 1984 Presidential elections.

Makes Election Day, 1984, a legal public holiday.

What's happening now December 15, 1981

Committee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 20, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1813: A bill to provide a uniform time for the closing of polling places in the 1984 election of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to make the day of the Presidential election in 1984 a national holiday.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1813/
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"H.R. 1813: A bill to provide a uniform time for the closing of polling places in the 1984 election of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to make the day of the Presidential election in 1984 a national holiday.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1813/.
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H.R. 1813, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1813/.
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[H.R. 1813: A bill to provide a uniform time for the closing of polling places in the 1984 election of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to make the day of the Presidential election in 1984 a national holiday.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1813/)
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