[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1262 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2020

 Mrs. Bustos submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on House Administration

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                               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;

    (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;
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
    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.
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