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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7413 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to conduct ongoing studies of State programs for 

recruiting poll workers and providing poll workers with safety training 

in order to identify voluntary considerations for carrying out such programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 20, 2024 

Mr. D’ESPOSITO (for himself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct 

the Election Assistance Commission to conduct ongoing 

studies of State programs for recruiting poll workers 

and providing poll workers with safety training in order 

to identify voluntary considerations for carrying out such 

programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Election Worker Re5 cruitment and Safety Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDIES OF STATE PROGRAMS FOR POLL WORKER 

2 RECRUITING AND SAFETY TRAINING. 

3 (a) STUDIES.—Subtitle C of title II of the Help 

4 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20981 et seq.) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating section 247 as section 248; 

7 and 

8 (2) by inserting after section 246 the following 

9 new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 247. ONGOING STUDIES OF STATE PROGRAMS FOR 

11 POLL WORKER RECRUITING AND SAFETY 

12 TRAINING. 

13 ‘‘(a) STUDIES; VOLUNTARY CONSIDERATIONS.—On 

14 an ongoing basis, the Commission shall conduct studies 

15 of State programs for recruiting poll workers and pro16 viding poll workers with safety training in order to identify 

17 voluntary considerations that may be used by States to 

18 carry out such programs. 

19 ‘‘(b) REPORTS.—Not later than December 31, 2024, 

20 and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall sub21 mit to the States and publish a report on the most recent 

22 study conducted under this section, and shall include in 

23 the report a description of the voluntary considerations for 

24 carrying out the programs studied in the report. 

25 ‘‘(c) POLL WORKER DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

26 section, the term ‘poll worker’ means any individual who, 


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1 pursuant to the laws of a State, acts in a nonpartisan ca2 pacity as an employee or representative of a unit of the 

3 State or local government to aid in the administration of 

4 an election at a polling place in the State.’’. 

5 (b) USE OF REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS FOR PRO6 GRAMS IMPLEMENTING VOLUNTARY CONSIDERATIONS.— 

7 (1) USE OF PAYMENTS.—Section 251(b)(2) of 

8 such Act (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)(2)) is amended in the 

9 matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Federal 

10 office’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal office, including car11 rying out programs for recruiting poll workers and 

12 providing poll workers with safety training which im13 plement any of the voluntary considerations identi14 fied by the Commission in the most recent report 

15 submitted under section 247(b),’’. 

16 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

17 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to fiscal 

18 year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

19 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 of such Act is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating the item relating to section 

22 247 as relating to section 248; and 

23 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec24 tion 246 the following new item: 


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‘‘Sec. 247. Ongoing studies of State programs for poll worker recruiting and 

safety training.’’. 

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