I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7182 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish minimum 
notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2026 
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, and Mr. CASTEN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish 
minimum notification requirements for voters affected 
by polling place changes. 
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 ‘‘Voter Outreach for 
Transparent Elections Act’’ or the ‘‘VOTE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VOT-
ERS 
AFFECTED 
BY 
POLLING 
PLACE 
CHANGES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
VOTERS AFFECTED BY POLLING PLACE CHANGES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State assigns an indi-
vidual who is a registered voter in a State to a poll-
ing place with respect to an election for Federal of-
fice which is not the same polling place to which the 
individual was previously assigned with respect to 
the most recent election for Federal office in the 
State in which the individual was eligible to vote— 
‘‘(A) the State shall notify the individual of 
the location of the polling place not later than 
7 days before the date of the election; 
‘‘(B) the appropriate election official of the 
State shall post a general notice on the website 
of the State or jurisdiction, on social media 
platforms (if available), and on signs at the 
prior polling place; and 
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‘‘(C) if the State makes such an assign-
ment fewer than 7 days before the date of the 
election and the individual appears on the date 
of the election at the polling place to which the 
individual was previously assigned, the State 
shall make every reasonable effort to enable the 
individual to vote on the date of the election. 
‘‘(2) METHODS OF NOTIFICATION.—The appro-
priate election official shall notify an individual 
under paragraph (1)(A) by mail, telephone, and (if 
available) text message and electronic mail. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTE CENTERS.—In 
the case of a jurisdiction in which individuals are 
not assigned to specific polling places, not later than 
2 days before the beginning of an early voting pe-
riod, the appropriate election official shall notify 
each individual eligible to vote in such jurisdiction of 
the location of all polling places at which the indi-
vidual may vote. 
‘‘(4) NOTICE WITH RESPECT TO CLOSED POLL-
ING PLACES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—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 of-
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fice held in the State, the State shall ensure 
that signs are posted at such location on the 
date of the election and during any early voting 
period for the election containing the following 
information: 
‘‘(i) A statement that the location is 
not serving as a polling place in the elec-
tion. 
‘‘(ii) The locations serving as polling 
places in the election in the jurisdiction in-
volved. 
‘‘(iii) 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. 
‘‘(iv) Contact information, including a 
telephone number and website, for the ap-
propriate State or local election official 
through which an individual may find the 
polling place to which the individual is as-
signed for the election. 
‘‘(B) INTERNET
POSTING.—Each State 
which is required to post signs under subpara-
graph (A) shall also provide such information 
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through a website and through social media (if 
available). 
‘‘(C) LINGUISTIC PREFERENCE.—The no-
tices required under this subsection shall com-
ply with the requirements of section 203 of the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503). 
‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to elections held on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2026.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 302(e) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21082(f)), as redesignated by sub-
section (a), is amended by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d)(5), each 
State’’. 
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