,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,december #ad1  
#bjbj,mrs4 ,bustos submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,house            
,administration  ,,resolution  ,thanking
 all election officials and workers for 
the tireless energy and sacrifice they  
made to ensure that the ,november #bjbj 
election ran smoothly amidst the        
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  ,whereas         
elections are the foundation of the     
,united ,states democracy2 ,whereas the 
force of election officials and election
 workers1 whose tireless efforts to make
 such elections possible1 have faced    
unique challenges this year as they     
prepared for a projected record turnout 
amid the ,,covid-#ai pandemic2 ,whereas 
election workers-- 7#a7 open and close  
the polls2  7#b7 ensure that only a     
qualified voter is permitted to vote and
 that each qualified voter is permitted 
to vote once and only once2  7#c7 give  

instructions in the method of voting    
when requested by a voter2  7#d7 give   
assistance to illiterate and physically 
disabled voters2  7#e7 maintain order in
 the polling place throughout early     
voting and election day voting2  7#f7   
tally the vote after the polls are      
closed2 and  7#g7 certify the election  
results in individual precincts2        
,whereas considering that in the        
,november #bjah election1 there were    
more than #bjj1jjj polling places in use
 on election day1 and more than #fjj1jjj
 poll workers provided assistance to    
voters1 the administration of the       
,november #bjbj during a pandemic was a 
notable undertaking2 ,whereas according 
to a #bjah report by the ,election      
,assistance ,commission1 in the         
,november #bjah election1 ,forty-five   
,states reported a total of #fcg1gac    
poll workers assisting at polling places
 during election day for the #bjah      
general election4 ,these ,states        
reported deploying an average of #h4j   

poll workers per polling place on       
election day1 an average that has been  
largely the same since the #bjab        
election42 ,whereas a new cohort of     
election workers emerged and volunteered
 for the ,november #bjbj election due to
 the risk that ,,covid-#ai presented for
 the typical election worker population2
 ,whereas the ,november #bjbj election  
voter turnout far surpassed the         
,november #bjah election1 and election  
workers were integral to the successful 
,november #bjbj election2 ,whereas the  
,,covid-#ai 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 elections2 and ,whereas the  
,election ,assistance ,commission also  
recognized ,november #a through         
,november #g1 #bjbj1 as ,national       
,election ,official and ,election       
,worker ,appreciation ,week to recognize

 the essential work election officials  
and election workers do to ensure a     
safe1 secure1 accessible1 and accurate  
election that protects the health of    
voters and our democracy3 ,now1         
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representatives thanks all election    
officials and workers for the tireless  
energy and sacrifice they made to ensure
 that the ,november #bjbj election ran  
smoothly amidst the ,,covid-#ai         
pandemic4