[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4540 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4540

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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Poll Worker Recruitment Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 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.
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