IV 
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 No-
vember 2020 election ran smoothly amidst the COVID– 
19 pandemic. 
Whereas elections are the foundation of the United States de-
mocracy; 
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 pan-
demic; 
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 dis-
abled 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 pro-
vided assistance to voters, the administration of the No-
vember 2020 during a pandemic was a notable under-
taking; 
Whereas according to a 2018 report by the Election Assist-
ance Commission, in the November 2018 election, 
‘‘Forty-five States reported a total of 637,713 poll work-
ers 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 elec-
tion day, an average that has been largely the same since 
the 2012 election.’’; 
Whereas a new cohort of election workers emerged and volun-
teered 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 sur-
passed 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 requir-
ing 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 elec-
tion workers do to ensure a safe, secure, accessible, and 
accurate election that protects the health of voters and 
our democracy: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives thanks 
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. 
Æ 
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