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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1262 

Thanking all election officials and workers for the tireless energy and sacrifice 

they made to ensure that the November 2020 election ran smoothly 

amidst the COVID–19 pandemic. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2020 

Mrs. BUSTOS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Thanking all election officials and workers for the tireless 

energy and sacrifice they made to ensure that the November 2020 election ran smoothly amidst the COVID– 

19 pandemic. 

Whereas elections are the foundation of the United States democracy; 

Whereas the force of election officials and election workers, 

whose tireless efforts to make such elections possible, 

have faced unique challenges this year as they prepared 

for a projected record turnout amid the COVID–19 pandemic; 

Whereas election workers— 

(1) open and close the polls; 


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(2) ensure that only a qualified voter is permitted to 

vote and that each qualified voter is permitted to vote 

once and only once; 

(3) give instructions in the method of voting when 

requested by a voter; 

(4) give assistance to illiterate and physically disabled voters; 

(5) maintain order in the polling place throughout 

early voting and election day voting; 

(6) tally the vote after the polls are closed; and 

(7) certify the election results in individual precincts; 

Whereas considering that in the November 2018 election, 

there were more than 200,000 polling places in use on 

election day, and more than 600,000 poll workers provided assistance to voters, the administration of the November 2020 during a pandemic was a notable undertaking; 

Whereas according to a 2018 report by the Election Assistance Commission, in the November 2018 election, 

‘‘Forty-five States reported a total of 637,713 poll workers assisting at polling places during election day for the 

2018 general election. These States reported deploying 

an average of 8.0 poll workers per polling place on election day, an average that has been largely the same since 

the 2012 election.’’; 

Whereas a new cohort of election workers emerged and volunteered for the November 2020 election due to the risk 

that COVID–19 presented for the typical election worker 

population; 

Whereas the November 2020 election voter turnout far surpassed the November 2018 election, and election workers 

were integral to the successful November 2020 election; 


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Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic created unprecedented 

complexities in the administration of the election requiring election officials to protect the safety of election 

workers and the voting public while conducting accurate 

and timely elections; and 

Whereas the Election Assistance Commission also recognized 

November 1 through November 7, 2020, as National 

Election Official and Election Worker Appreciation Week 

to recognize the essential work election officials and election workers do to ensure a safe, secure, accessible, and 

accurate election that protects the health of voters and 

our democracy: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives thanks 

2 all election officials and workers for the tireless energy and 

3 sacrifice they made to ensure that the November 2020 

4 election ran smoothly amidst the COVID–19 pandemic. 

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