S-2124 — Election Worker Protection Act of 2025

YourVoice.Now Summary

Criminal Justice & Due ProcessWorkers & JobsCivil LibertiesTransparency & Accountability

Threats against election workers could bring 5 years in prison — plus new grants for guards and privacy.

Criminal Justice & Due Process

Threatening election workers — up to 5 years in federal prison

A new crime would cover threats or scare tactics aimed at election staff. The fine could reach $100,000, and it applies to government officials too.

Publishing election workers' home addresses — a crime when meant to threaten

It is already a crime to post a juror's home address to threaten them. Poll workers and election staff would join that list.

Intimidating people who certify results — a federal crime

An old voting law bans scaring people away from the polls. Counting votes and signing off on results would be added too.

FBI agent in every field office — assigned to election threats

The FBI would have to name one special agent in each of its field offices. That agent's job would be investigating threats against election workers.

Workers & Jobs

Physical security for election workers — federal grants to states

States could get federal money to pay for guards for their election staff. The first grants would come within a year, if Congress funds it.

Poll worker recruiting and training — federally funded within one year

Each state would get a share based on its adult population. The money would pay to find and train poll workers.

Young and diverse poll workers — states must recruit them for grants

To get the grant, a state must promise to recruit teens and students. It must also seek out workers of different races and abilities.

Civil Liberties

Election workers' addresses removed on request — new federal grants

The Justice Department would pay states to take a worker's home address out of public records. The worker would have to ask first.

Poll worker training — must cover disabled and non-English voters

Training paid for by the grant would have to cover voters who have a disability or who do not speak much English. The same help must go to all, no matter their gender or sexual orientation.

Social media monitoring for threats — paid by new federal grants

Part of the election worker safety grant could pay states to watch social media for threats against election staff. The bill does not say what posts may be collected or how long they may be kept.

Transparency & Accountability

Officials could remove poll watchers — expected disruption is enough

An official could remove a poll watcher from a polling place or a counting room. A fair belief that trouble is coming would be enough.

More about this bill

Threatening or intimidating an election worker would become a federal crime. The penalty would be up to 5 years in prison, a fine up to $100,000, or both. The same protection would cover people who process ballots, count votes, or sign off on results. Posting a worker's home address or other private details to threaten them would also be a crime. The FBI would place one agent in each field office to look into these threats. States could apply for federal grants to recruit and train poll workers. Other grants would pay for physical security and social media threat monitoring. A Justice Department program would help states take workers' home addresses out of public records. Workers would have to ask for that. No dollar cap is set on any of this money. The first grants would go out within a year of the law passing, if Congress funds them. Election officials would get clear power to remove a poll watcher from a voting or counting site. They would need a fair reason to believe the watcher is disrupting the count or scaring people. Expecting disruption would be enough. That rule would start with the first federal election after the law passes. Most voters would notice little else. Poll worker training would have to cover voters with disabilities and voters with limited English.

Congressional Summary

This bill establishes certain protections for election workers.Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with the intent to interfere with the official duties of, or retaliate against, the worker.The bill extends (1) the prohibition on certain types of intimidation in federal elections to also prohibit intimidation for processing ballots or tabulating, canvassing, or certifying votes; and (2) the prohibition on public disclosure of restricted personal information to also prohibit the disclosure of information about election officials, poll workers, or election volunteers in connection with a federal election.The bill also authorizes election officials to remove poll observers who are interfering with or attempting to disrupt the administration of an election.Additionally, the bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states (or local governments under specified circumstances) for (1) recruiting and training individuals to serve as poll workers and election volunteers on dates of elections for public office, and (2) physical security services and social media threat monitoring for election workers.The bill directs the Department of Justice to (1) provide training to law enforcement and federal attorneys on addressing threats to election workers, and (2) establish a grant program to support programs to prevent the disclosure of personally identifiable information of election workers.

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: Senate
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in Senate
Action Date: 2025-06-18
Date Added: 2026-03-30
Source: Congress.gov →

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