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‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS FOR POLLING PLACES WITH 
HOURS ESTABLISHED BY UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of 
a polling place— 
‘‘(A) whose hours of operation are estab-
lished, in accordance with State law, by the unit 
of local government in which the polling place 
is located; or 
‘‘(B) which is required pursuant to an 
order by a court to extend its hours of oper-
ation beyond the hours otherwise established. 
‘‘(c) ENSURING ACCESS TO POLLING PLACES FOR 
VOTERS.— 
‘‘(1) 
PROXIMITY
TO
PUBLIC
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—To the greatest extent practicable, each 
State and jurisdiction shall ensure that each polling 
place used on the date of the election is located with-
in walking distance of a stop on a public transpor-
tation route. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY IN RURAL AREAS.—In the 
case of a jurisdiction that includes a rural area, the 
State or jurisdiction shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that an appropriate number of 
polling places (not less than one) used on the 
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date of the election will be located in such rural 
areas; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that such polling places are lo-
cated in communities which will provide the 
greatest opportunity for residents of rural areas 
to vote on the date of the election. 
‘‘(3) CAMPUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—In the case of a jurisdiction that is 
not considered a vote by mail jurisdiction described 
in section 310(b)(2) or a small jurisdiction described 
in section 310(b)(3) and that includes an institution 
of higher education (as defined under section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), including a branch campus of such an insti-
tution, the State or jurisdiction shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that an appropriate number of 
polling places (not less than one) used on the 
date of the election will be located on the phys-
ical campus of each such institution, including 
each such branch campus; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that such polling places pro-
vide the greatest opportunity for residents of 
the jurisdiction to vote. 
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‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect upon the expiration of the 180-day period which be-
gins on the date of enactment of this subsection.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 
ISSUANCE OF VOLUNTARY GUIDANCE BY ELECTION 
ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.—Section 321(b) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 21101(b)), as redesignated and 
amended by section 1101(b) and as amended by sec-
tions, 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1201, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); 
(C) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (4) or (5)’’; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) in the case of the recommendations with 
respect to section 315, 180 days after the date of 
enactment of such section; and’’. 
(3) CLERICAL
AMENDMENTS.—The table of 
contents of such Act, as amended by section 
1031(c), section 1044(b), section 1101(c), section 
1102(c), section 1103(a), section 1104(c), section 
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1201(c), section 1301(a), section 1302(a), section 
1303(b), and section 1305(b), is amended— 
(A) by redesignating the items relating to 
sections 315 and 316 as relating to sections 
316 and 317, respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 314 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 315. Ensuring equitable and efficient operation of polling places.’’. 
(b) STUDY OF METHODS TO ENFORCE FAIR AND 
EQUITABLE WAITING TIMES.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Election Assistance Commis-
sion and the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a joint study of the effective-
ness of various methods of enforcing the require-
ments of section 315(a) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), including 
methods of best allocating resources to jurisdictions 
which have had the most difficulty in providing a 
fair and equitable waiting time at polling places to 
all voters, and to communities of color in particular. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Election As-
sistance Commission and the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall publish and submit to Con-
gress a report on the study conducted under para-
graph (1). 
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SEC. 1607. PROHIBITING STATES FROM RESTRICTING 
CURBSIDE VOTING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle A of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), 
as amended by section 1031(a), section 1044(a), section 
1101(a), section 1102(a), section 1103(a), section 
1104(a), section 1201(a), section 1301(a), section 
1302(a), section 1303(b), section 1305(a), and section 
1606(a)(1), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 316 and 317 as 
sections 317 and 318, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 315 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 316. PROHIBITING STATES FROM RESTRICTING 
CURBSIDE VOTING. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—A State may not— 
‘‘(1) prohibit any jurisdiction administering an 
election for Federal office in the State from utilizing 
curbside voting as a method by which individuals 
may cast ballots in the election; or 
‘‘(2) impose any restrictions which would ex-
clude any individual who is eligible to vote in such 
an election in a jurisdiction which utilizes curbside 
voting from casting a ballot in the election by such 
method. 
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‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2024 and each succeeding 
election for Federal office.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
of such Act, as amended by section 1031(c), section 
1044(b), section 1101(c), section 1102(c), section 
1103(a), section 1104(c), section 1201(c), section 
1301(a), section 1302(a), section 1303(b), section 
1305(a), and section 1606(a)(3), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 316 and 317 as relating to sections 317 and 
318, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 315 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Prohibiting States from restricting curbside voting.’’. 
PART 2—IMPROVEMENTS IN OPERATION OF 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SEC. 1611. REAUTHORIZATION OF ELECTION ASSISTANCE 
COMMISSION. 
Section 210 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 20930) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 
2003 through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 
2024 and each succeeding fiscal year’’; and 
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