Polling Place Standards Act

Key Points

• The bill sets a national floor requiring at least one polling place or vote center for every 2,000 registered voters in a state during federal elections.
• States must spread polling locations across different areas instead of clustering them, so no single region gets disproportionately better or worse access.
• States that let every voter use mail ballots or drop boxes are exempt from these specific density and location rules.
• Polling places must be staffed enough to keep wait times at 30 minutes or less and to follow accessibility and ballot security laws.
• A new federal grant program run by the Election Assistance Commission would help states pay for the added staff and equipment, with funding to be determined later by Congress.