,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1      
#bjbc,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,warner1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,welch1    
,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,ms4 ,smith1
 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,election   
,assistance ,commission to establish a  
program to make grants to ,states to    
provide increased pay for election      
workers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,support ,our ,election ,workers    
,act4  #b4 ,program for grants to       
support election workers  7a7           
,establishment of program ,subtitle ,d  
of title ,,ii of the ,help ,america     
,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4      
#bajja et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  #g ,payments to 
help support election workers  #big4    

,establishment and operation of grant   
program  7a7 ,in general ,the           
,commission shall establish and operate 
a program under which the ,commission   
shall make payments to eligible ,states 
for providing increased pay for election
 workers1 including individuals serving 
as election officials or poll workers on
 a temporary or unpaid basis4  7b7      
,amount of payment  7#a7 ,amount ,the   
amount of a payment made to a ,state    
under the program established under this
 part shall be equal to the greater of--
 7,a7 the reasonable costs the ,state   
expects to incur in providing increased 
pay for election workers1 as determined 
by the ,commission taking into account  
the information provided by the ,state  
in the plan described in section        
#big;,a2 or  7,b7 the minimum payment   
amount described in paragraph 7#b7 with 
respect to the fiscal year4  7#b7       
,minimum payment amount ,the minimum    
payment amount described in this        
paragraph with respect to a fiscal year 

is equal to one-half of #a percent of   
the aggregate amount made available     
during the fiscal year for payments     
under the program established under this
 part4  7c7 ,application ,in order to be
 eligible to receive a payment under the
 program established under this part1 a 
,state shall submit to the ,commission1 
at such time and in such form as the    
,commission may require1 an application 
containing a description of a plan for  
how the ,state will use the payment to  
provide increased pay to election       
workers1 as described in section        
#big;,a1 together with such other       
information and assurances as the       
,commission may require4  7d7 ,reports  
,a ,state receiving a payment under the 
program established under this part     
shall submit to the ,commission such    
reports on the ,state's use of the      
payment as the ,commission may require4 
#big;,a4 ,state plan for providing      
increased pay to election workers  7a7  
,elements of plan ,a ,state's plan for  

providing increased pay to election     
workers shall include the following     
elements3 7#a7 ,a description of how the
 ,state will use increased pay to retain
 qualified election workers and to      
recruit new election workers4  7#b7 ,the
 requirements an individual must meet in
 order to be eligible to receive        
increased pay under the plan4  7#c7 ,the
 amount of the reasonable costs the     
,state expects to incur in providing    
increased pay for such eligible         
individuals4  7#d7 ,the procedures for  
carrying out the plan1 including the    
extent to which ,state and local        
election officials will be responsible  
for carrying out the plan4  7b7         
,opportunity of all election workers ,to
 receive pay ,under the ,state's plan1  
the ,state may not treat an election    
worker as ineligible to receive         
increased pay solely because the        
individual does not interact directly   
with voters1 individuals attempting to  
vote1 or individuals attempting to      

register to vote4  #big;,b4 ,coverage of
 ,commonwealth of ,northern ,mariana    
,islands ,in this part1 the             
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands shall be considered a ,state4  
#big;,c4 ,authorization of              
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated for payments under this 
part such sums as may be necessary for  
fiscal year #bjbd and each succeeding   
fiscal year4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of contents of such ,act is 
amended by adding at the end of the     
items relating to subtitle ,d of title  
,,ii the following3  ,,part #g--        
,payments to help support election      
workers ,sec4 #big4 ,establishment and  
operation of grant program4 ,sec4       
#big;,a4 ,state plan for providing      
increased pay to election workers4 ,sec4
 #big;,b4 ,coverage of ,commonwealth of 
,northern ,mariana ,islands4 ,sec4      
#big;,c4 ,authorization of              
appropriations4  4