Posted: | May 17, 2023 09:13 AM |
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From: | Representative Chris Pielli |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Updating The Poll Worker Oath |
All poll workers in Pennsylvania must take an oath before assuming their duties. However, the oath needs to be updated. Currently, the oath uses a male name placeholder and references outdated electoral methods. For those reasons, I plan on introducing a bill to replace the current male name placeholder with gender-neutral language and replace references to outdated electoral methods to reflect current practices. Poll workers play a critical role in our democracy. The oath that they will take should be inclusive of all Pennsylvanians and reflect how elections are currently conducted. Please join me in co-sponsoring this bill to bring needed updates to the oath. This legislation is the House companion of Senate Bill 604 by Senators Kane and Committa. |
Introduced as HB1271