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  • S. 3517, also known as the "People Over Long Lines Act" or the "POLL Act," aims to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 by ensuring that voters in federal elections do not experience long wait times at polling places. The bill requires states to develop plans to keep...

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    The "People Over Long Lines Act" is a plan to help people vote in federal elections without waiting too long at polling places. It wants to make sure voters don't wait more than 30 minutes by giving money to states to improve and monitor the voting process, and it also seeks to keep election workers fair by stopping them from working on political campaigns they might oversee.