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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4881 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to States 
for procuring and maintaining electronic pollbooks with the capability 
of collecting and disseminating wait time information, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 5, 2025 
Ms. CROCKETT (for herself, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. 
EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants 
to States for procuring and maintaining electronic 
pollbooks with the capability of collecting and dissemi-
nating wait time information, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplying Wait-time 
Information to Facilitate Timely Voting with Operational 
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and Technology Enhancements Act’’ or the ‘‘SWIFT 
VOTE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR PROCURING AND MAINTAINING ELEC-
TRONIC POLLBOOKS. 
(a) GRANTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall make 
a grant to each eligible jurisdiction in a State for the 
purpose of— 
(A) procuring or maintaining electronic 
pollbooks 
(hereafter 
referred 
to 
as 
‘‘e- 
pollbooks’’); or 
(B) developing the capability of collecting 
and disseminating wait time information for use 
in elections for Federal office, whether through 
the use of e-pollbooks with such capability or 
through other means. 
(2) PRIORITIZATION OF GRANTS TO PROCURE 
E-POLLBOOKS.—In making grants to eligible juris-
dictions under this section, the Commission shall 
give priority to eligible jurisdictions showing dem-
onstrated need for new or additional e-pollbooks 
which the jurisdiction will use to reduce wait times 
at polling places on the dates of elections for Federal 
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office, and give priority to eligible jurisdictions that 
propose the development of capability to report wait 
time information in accordance with subsection 
(c)(2)(A). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible jurisdiction is eligible 
to receive a grant under this section if the eligible jurisdic-
tion submits to the Commission, at such time and in such 
form as the Commission may require, an application con-
taining the information and assurances described in sub-
section (c). 
(c) INFORMATION
DESCRIBED.—The information 
and assurances described in this subsection are, with re-
spect to an eligible jurisdiction, the following: 
(1) For an eligible jurisdiction seeking funding 
for e-pollbooks, a description of the need of the eligi-
ble jurisdiction for procuring or maintaining e- 
pollbooks. 
(2) For an eligible jurisdiction seeking funding 
for the collection and dissemination of wait time in-
formation— 
(A) a certification that the chief election 
official of the eligible jurisdiction shall publish 
on the official public website of the chief elec-
tion official the most recent wait time informa-
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tion for each polling place which is open for vot-
ers to vote in an election for Federal office— 
(i) in the case of a polling place which 
is open for 4 hours or fewer on such a day, 
on an hourly basis on such a day; or 
(ii) in the case of a polling place 
which is open for more than 4 hours on 
such a day, on at least 4 regular intervals 
on such a day. 
(B) Following each election cycle, publish 
on the official public website of the chief elec-
tion official of the eligible jurisdiction a report 
detailing wait time information through that 
election cycle, including on the date of the elec-
tion as well as any dates on which individuals 
were permitted to vote in person prior to the 
date of the election, including wait times 
throughout each such day of voting, to the ex-
tent such information is available. 
(3) An assurance that— 
(A) the funds provided under this section 
will be used to supplement and not supplant 
other funds used to carry out the activities for 
which the funds are provided; and 
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(B) the chief election official of the eligible 
jurisdiction shall provide regular reports to the 
Commission containing information on the pro-
curement and maintenance of e-pollbooks with 
the funds provided under this section. 
(4) An assurance that the eligible jurisdiction 
shall develop procedures for certifying that the pro-
curement and maintenance of e-pollbooks with the 
funds provided under this section is in compliance 
with the Commission’s Voluntary Electronic Poll 
Book Certification Program, or any similar or suc-
cessor program established by the Commission for e- 
pollbook certification. Nothing in this paragraph 
may be construed to prohibit a eligible jurisdiction 
in a State from receiving a grant under this section 
on the grounds that the State has in effect stand-
ards and procedures for the use of e-pollbooks which 
are in addition to the standards and procedures re-
quired by the Commission. 
(5) An assurance that the eligible jurisdiction 
will work with experts in voting system technology 
and infrastructure to develop and carry out training 
programs in the use of e-pollbooks by election offi-
cials, and that such programs will train election offi-
cials in methods that will enable the officials to meet 
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the needs of individual voters, including voters with 
limited English language proficiency and voters with 
disabilities, without regard to age, gender, or sexual 
orientation. 
(6) Such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 
Assistance Commission. 
(2) The term ‘‘election cycle’’ means the period 
beginning on the day after the date of the most re-
cent regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
office and ending on the date of the next such elec-
tion. 
(3) The term ‘‘eligible jurisdiction’’ means a 
State or a political subdivision of a State which is 
responsible for carrying out an election for Federal 
office in the State. 
(4) The term ‘‘e-pollbook’’ means a device or 
technology that may be used at a polling place in an 
election for Federal office in place of a traditional 
paper poll book and that partially automates the 
process of checking in voters, assigning voters the 
correct ballot style, and tracking voters who have 
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been issued a ballot. An e-pollbook may be used at 
the polling place together with a separate copy of 
the list of registered voters or may be networked 
into a central voter registration system which en-
ables the election official at the polling place to 
check and update voter records in real time. 
(5) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
(6) The term ‘‘wait time information’’ means, 
with respect to a polling place in an election for 
Federal office, the length of time between when an 
individual arrives at the polling place and completes 
the polling place’s check-in process, as well as the 
length of time between the completion of that indi-
vidual’s check-in process and when that individual 
receives a ballot or, if a physical ballot is not pro-
vided, until the individual is directed to an electronic 
voting machine. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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