Protect Our Polls Act (Poll Worker Protections)
Current understanding
The Protect Our Polls Act (S4845) was introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill signals federal legislative interest in protecting poll workers, though substantive provisions and mechanisms are not yet documented at this stage. Status: introduced; no committee action or text analysis logged.
Evidence log
- 2025-08-05 — POLL Act: cross-connection with poll-act-voting-wait-times: Companion pieces addressing polling place operations—POLL Act focuses on wait times and resource minima while Protect Our Polls targets poll worker protections. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-23 — A bill to prohibit interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with election-interference-prohibition: Poll worker protections and a general election-interference prohibition both target conduct that disrupts federal election administration. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-10-10 — Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act: cross-connection with election-worker-hiring-preferences-hr5734: Both address the workforce that administers elections — HR5734 expands the eligible hiring pool via preferences and military-family nondiscrimination, while the Protect Our Polls Act focuses on protecting poll workers from intimidation. (novelty: 2)