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HR 1759 99th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Election Day Election administration Presidential elections Voting

A bill to provide that the polls in the continental United States for Presidential general elections shall close at 10:30 p.m., eastern standard time.

Introduced: March 27, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 1985
For Further Action See H.R.3525.
Aug 30, 1985
Field Hearings Held in Anchorage, Alaska.
Aug 29, 1985
Field Hearings Held in Seattle, Washington.
Aug 1, 1985
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 12, 1985
Field Hearings Held in New York, New York.
Jul 2, 1985
Field Hearings Held in San Francisco, California.
Jul 1, 1985
Field Hearings Held in Los Angeles, California.
May 23, 1985
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 9, 1985
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 1, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Elections.
Mar 27, 1985
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 27, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Specifies 10:30 p.m., eastern standard time, as the uniform closing time for all polling places in the continental United States for presidential general elections beginning with the 1988 elections.

What's happening now October 10, 1985

For Further Action See H.R.3525.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3525 Related bill A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, to establish uniform regional poll closing times in the continental United…
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 4, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1759: A bill to provide that the polls in the continental United States for Presidential general elections shall close at 10:30 p.m., eastern standard time.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1759/
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"H.R. 1759: A bill to provide that the polls in the continental United States for Presidential general elections shall close at 10:30 p.m., eastern standard time.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1759/.
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H.R. 1759, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1759/.
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