Election Day Holiday Legislation in the 110th Congress

Published: January 26, 2009

Bill No.	Short Title	Sponsors	Date Introduced	Related Bills	Description
S. 730 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Act of 2007	Dodd [VIEW ALL]	March 1, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]		Among other things, this omnibus election reform bill would encourage the study of the feasibility of making Election Day a public holiday.
S. 804 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Count Every Vote Act of 2007	Clinton [VIEW ALL]	March 7, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]	H.R. 1381	Among other things, this omnibus election reform bill would establish Election Day a public holiday.
S. 2638 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Weekend Voting Act	Kohl [VIEW ALL]	February 14, 2008 [VIEW STATUS]		This bill would change the date of federal elections to the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November in every even numbered year. It would require polling places to be open beginning Saturday at 10:00 am local time and ending Sunday at 6:00 pm local time. It would allow polling places to close between 10:00 pm local time on Saturday and 6:00 am local time on Sunday.
H.R. 1381 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Count Every Vote Act of 2007	Tubbs Jones [VIEW ALL]	March 7, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]	S. 804	Among other things, this omnibus election reform bill would require the study of making Election Day a public holiday.