Election Worker Protection Act of 2025

The Election Worker Protection Act of 2025 would strengthen federal support and protections for people who work on elections (including officials, poll workers, and volunteers). It creates new grant programs to help states recruit, train, and protect election workers; expands funding for physical security and social media threat monitoring; establishes federal training resources for law enforcement and prosecutors to counter threats against election workers; creates grants to protect election workers’ personally identifiable information (PII); broadens criminal penalties for harassment and doxxing of election workers; and enhances rules governing poll observer conduct to prevent interference with processing and certification of results. The overall aim is to reduce threats, harassment, and doxxing of election workers while improving training, safety, and recruitment. If enacted, the bill would channel federal funds to states and local subdivisions based on each state's share of the national voting-age population, impose new penalties for threats and intimidation, and require ongoing reporting to Congress about grant activities and outcomes. It also directs federal agencies to improve resources and training related to threats against election workers and to help preserve the security of election worker information.