Sec. 2. Weekend voting for regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office
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Section 25 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 2 U.S.C. 7 ) is amended to read as follows: The first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, are established as the dates for the election in each of the States of Representatives and Delegates to the next Congress commencing after the dates of the election. Each State shall by law establish the hours of operation for polling places in the State on the dates of election established under subsection (a).
In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. . Section 1 of title 3, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President.
Each State shall by law establish the hours of operation for polling places in the State on the dates of election established under subsection (a). . The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1 and inserting the following: 1. Date and time of appointing electors. . It is the sense of Congress that the holding of elections over a weekend, as established by this Act, should be carried out in a manner which does not interfere with religious practices.
It is the sense of Congress that the holding of elections over a weekend, as established by this Act, should result in cost savings to the American taxpayer. The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office beginning with the first such elections held after the expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Weekend voting for regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office
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