I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5989 
To change the date for regularly scheduled general elections for Federal 
office to the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in Novem-
ber in every even-numbered year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2018 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration 
A BILL 
To change the date for regularly scheduled general elections 
for Federal office to the first Saturday and Sunday 
after the first Friday in November in every even-num-
bered year. 
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 ‘‘Louise Slaughter 
Weekend Voting Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WEEKEND VOTING FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED 
GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. 
(a) ELECTIONS FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.—Section 25 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (2 U.S.C. 7) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 25. DATES AND TIME OF ELECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) DATES OF ELECTION.—The first Saturday and 
Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even 
numbered year, are established as the dates for the elec-
tion in each of the States of Representatives and Dele-
gates to the next Congress commencing after the dates 
of the election. 
‘‘(b) HOURS OF OPERATION OF POLLING PLACES.— 
Each State shall by law establish the hours of operation 
for polling places in the State on the dates of election es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) STATE DEFINED.—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.’’. 
(b) ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESI-
DENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of title 3, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 1. Date and time of appointing electors 
‘‘(a) DATES OF ELECTION.—The electors of Presi-
dent 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 elec-
tion of a President and Vice President. 
‘‘(b) HOURS OF OPERATION OF POLLING PLACES.— 
Each State shall by law establish the hours of operation 
for polling places in the State on the dates of election es-
tablished under subsection (a).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions 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.’’. 
(c) NO INTERFERENCE WITH RELIGIOUS PRAC-
TICES.—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. 
(d) COST SAVINGS.—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 tax-
payer. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to regularly scheduled 
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general elections for Federal office beginning with the first 
such elections held after the expiration of the 30-day pe-
riod which begins on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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