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Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act
To clarify that a State or local jurisdiction may give preference to individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability with respect to hiring election workers to administer an election in the State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act clarifies that states and local jurisdictions may give hiring preference to veterans and individuals with disabilities when hiring election workers to administer elections. The bill defines an individual with a disability as someone with an impairment that substantially limits any major life activities. The legislation also permits states and local jurisdictions to give preference to nonresident military spouses or dependents when hiring election workers and prohibits jurisdictions from refusing to hire such individuals solely on the basis that they do not maintain a residence in that jurisdiction.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Gabe Evans’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION $13,513
- BT CONSTRUCTION $11,600
- STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $9,900
- FISHER INVESTMENTS $9,900
- SPIERER WOODWARD $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Oct 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Oct 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 10, 2025
Mr. Evans of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To clarify that a State or local jurisdiction may give preference to individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability with respect to hiring election workers to administer an election in the State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act”.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RULES WITH RESPECT TO HIRING OF ELECTION WORKERS.
(a) Preferences for Veterans and Individuals With Disabilities.—
(1) Preferences.—In hiring election workers to administer an election in a State or local jurisdiction, the State or local jurisdiction may give preference to individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability.
(2) Individual with a disability defined.—In this subsection, an “individual with a disability” means an individual with an impairment that substantially limits any major life activities.
(b) Preference and Waiver of Residency Requirement for Spouses and Dependents of Absent Military Voters.—
(1) Preference and waivers.—In hiring election workers to administer an election in a State or local jurisdiction, the State or local jurisdiction—
(A) may give preference to an individual who is a nonresident military spouse or dependent; and
(B) may not refuse to hire such an individual as an election worker solely on the grounds that the individual does not maintain a place of residence in the State or local jurisdiction.
(2) Nonresident military spouse or dependent defined.—In this subsection, a “nonresident military spouse or dependent” means an individual who is an absent uniformed services voter under section 107(1)(C) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(1)(C)). <all>
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