Poll Worker Recruitment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4540
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-09-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Employee hiring

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Poll Worker Recruitment Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires states and local jurisdictions to allow individuals to serve as poll workers in the November 2020 general election in any county or jurisdiction of the state in which they are registered to vote. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4540 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 8, 2020 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Ms. Hirono , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Warner , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To provide that individuals may serve as poll workers for the November 3, 2020, general election if registered to vote in the State in a location other than the location at which the individual serves.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Poll Worker Recruitment Act of 2020 . 2. Special rules for poll worker registration requirements for the 2020 general election A State or local jurisdiction may not prohibit an individual from serving as a poll worker in the general election for Federal office occurring on November 3, 2020, solely because such individual is registered to vote in the State in a county or jurisdiction other than the county or jurisdiction in which such individual serves as a poll worker in such election.