Under current law, election officials hiring temporary workers (poll workers, ballot counters, etc.) must generally follow equal opportunity hiring rules that make it harder to prefer any group of applicants. The Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act would explicitly allow states and local governments to give preference in hiring election workers to veterans and to people with disabilities. It also allows preference for military spouses and dependents who may not live in the jurisdiction, and bars election offices from rejecting those individuals solely because they don't reside locally. The bill clarifies that these preferences are permitted — it does not require jurisdictions to adopt them.
Congressional Summary
This bill allows states and local jurisdictions to give a hiring preference (when hiring election workers to administer an election in the state or local jurisdiction) to veterans, individuals with a disability, and nonresident military spouses or dependents.Further, the bill prohibits states and local jurisdictions from refusing to hire a nonresident military spouse or dependent as an election worker solely on the grounds that the individual does not maintain a place of residence in the state or local jurisdiction.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-10-10
- Date Added
- 2026-04-10
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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