Election Worker Protection Act of 2025

Enhanced Training and Recruitment: States can receive grants to recruit and train poll workers and volunteers using expert-developed materials (Section 3, SEC. 297). This includes training to ensure services meet the unique needs of voters, such as those with disabilities or limited English proficiency (Section 3, SEC. 297(b)(2)).

Increased Physical Safety: Grants are provided to help states fund physical security services and social media threat monitoring for election workers (Section 3, SEC. 298).

Protection of Personal Privacy: The Attorney General will establish a program to help states and local governments protect the personally identifiable information of election workers, including through redacting information from public records (Section 5).

Law Enforcement Preparedness: The Department of Justice is tasked with reviewing and providing training to law enforcement agencies to help them detect, deter, and investigate threats against election workers (Section 4).

Legal Deterrents Against Harassment: The bill makes it unlawful to intimidate, threaten, or coerce election workers, carrying penalties of fines up to $100,000 and up to five years in prison (Section 6, SEC. 612).

Protection from Disruptive Observers: Election officials are granted the authority to remove poll observers who engage in intimidation or disrupt the voting, processing, or certification of results (Section 9, SEC. 303A).

Financial Requirements for States: To receive grants, states must submit applications and provide specific assurances, such as ensuring funds supplement rather than supplant existing funds (Section 3, SEC. 297(c)(2)(A); Section 3, SEC. 298(b)(2)(A)).

Reporting Burdens: Grant recipients are required to submit reports to the Commission regarding their activities, and the Comptroller General must submit biennial reports on the spending of personal information protection funds (Section 3, SEC. 297(f); Section 5(d)).