On the recordFebruary 14, 2002
I assure my friend from Missouri this is not going to be a Federal invasion of the local election process. This is very much a voluntary issue, which is, if local election officials want someone living in their town, their neighbor presumably, maybe even their friend, though a Federal worker, perhaps even a trusted friend, to work in the polling place, then that would give the Federal employee the opportunity to take the day off with pay. They would not receive any pay from the localities. This would actually be a help to the local governments.
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