After citizens in Florida waited up to seven hours to vote on Election Day, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) announced Tuesday that he is signing on to legislation to make sure voters do not wait in line for more than one hour to cast a ballot.
The LINE (Lines Interfere with National Elections) Act — first introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) late last year — would require the Attorney General to issue new national standards regarding the number of voting machines, election workers and other resources necessary to conduct federal elections.
“I am pleased that Senator Nelson, whose Florida constituents faced the longest lines in the nation on Election Day, will help lead our effort to address this problem,” Boxer said in a statement.