Sec. 1902. Minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes
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Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21082 ), as amended by section 1601(a), is amended— by redesignating subsection
(f)as subsection (g); and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following new subsection: If an applicable individual has been assigned to a polling place that is different than the polling place that such individual was assigned with respect to the most recent past election for Federal office in which the individual was eligible to vote— the appropriate election official shall, not later than 2 days before the beginning of an early voting period— notify the individual of the location of the polling place not later than 2 days before the beginning of an early voting period; and post a general notice on the website of the State or jurisdiction, on social media platforms (if available), and on signs a the prior polling place; and if such assignment is made after the date which is 2 days before the beginning of an early voting period and the individual appears on the date of the election at the polling place to which the individual was previously assigned, the jurisdiction shall make every reasonable effort to enable the individual to vote a ballot on the date of the election without the use of a provisional ballot. For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term applicable individual means, with respect to any election for Federal office, any individual— who is registered to vote in a jurisdiction for such election and was registered to vote in such jurisdiction for the most recent past election for Federal office; and whose voter registration address has not changed since such most recent past election for Federal office. The appropriate election official shall notify an individual under clause (i)(I) of subparagraph
(A)by mail, telephone, and (if available) text message and electronic mail, taking into consideration factors which include the linguistic preferences of voters in the jurisdiction. In the case of a jurisdiction in which individual are not assigned to specific polling places, not later than 2 days before the beginning of an early voting period, the appropriate election official shall notify each voter eligible to vote in such jurisdiction of the location of all polling places at which the individual may vote. If a location which served as a polling place for an election for Federal office in a State does not serve as a polling place in the next election for Federal office held in the State, the State shall ensure that signs, taking into consideration factors which include the linguistic preferences of voters in the jurisdiction, are posted at such location on the date of the election and during any early voting period for the election containing the following information: A statement that the location is not serving as a polling place in the election. The locations serving as polling places in the election in the jurisdiction involved. The name and address of any substitute polling place serving the same precinct and directions from the former polling place to the new polling place. Contact information, including a telephone number and website, for the appropriate State or local election official through which an individual may find the polling place to which the individual is assigned for the election. Each State which is required to post signs under subparagraph
(A)shall also provide such information through a website and through social media (if available). This subsection shall apply with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 2022. . Section 302(g) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21082(g) ), as redesignated by subsection
(a)and as amended by section 1601(b), is amended by striking (d)(2) and (e)(2) and inserting (d)(2), (e)(2), and (f)(4) .
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Minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes
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