Video & Transcript Research : 'poll worker rules'
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (09/24/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- So, um, so what straw poll here? Okay.
- the ability of the legislature to rule the ability of the legislature to rule out<02:09:19.920><
- So, um, let's take a little straw poll on striking "full-time duty."
- Yeah, that's definitely... you don't... that's an appellate judge ruling on the lower court.
- >> that's an appellet judge ruling on the >> that's an appellet judge ruling on the lower
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- However, under the rules of the House, each bill must be laid out separately and considered on its own
- The polls, I know it varies on costs. I know we have some composite.
- We just want our polls to stay in the air.
- Rules that come into play, we really need to make sure that the rules are applied across the board.
- That would be worthwhile with the municipal rules concerning pole attachments.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/19/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- districts um uh to designate polling districts um uh to designate polling places<00:40:55.720>
- Uh, we do rely on those judges to serve in our polling places.
- law that we already have that no polling law that we already have that no polling place<00:51:38.559
- to be intoxicated in a polling place.
- to be intoxicated in a polling place.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Amending the rules. >> The motion is to amend the rules to allow extending the deadline to act on bills
- But lead poisoning, worker protections.
- Second, by rule, right now there is no ferreting season.
- <07:05:15.200>
experiencing procedures for workers experiencing procedures for workers experiencing - debate, persuasion, and the rule of law. debate, persuasion, and the rule of law.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Senate and Governmental Affairs May 12th, 2026
Senate & Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This map is the best option to do that in light of the CalA ruling.
- Senator Price, you are a master of the rules in this institution.
- It is your belief that we, Of the rules in this institution, it is your belief that we followed the rules
- And under Joint Rule 21 of this body, we still did not follow those rules. Okay.
- And we can do that with fair rules. ...that we really value you.
Keywords:
redistricting, congressional districts, Louisiana, 2020 census, elections, precincts, voting, election, political representation, 2026 precincts, demographics, Louisiana congressional map, U.S. House, election districts, precinct shapefiles, Voting Districts, VTD, 2020 Census, 2026 Precinct Shapefiles, apportionment
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, under House Rule 4, Section 13, House Committees are subject to the same rules of decorum that
- You can pick the poll from the University of Houston, Texas Lyceum; these are polls that are showing
- I mean, is that a good rule of thumb for us to contemplate?
- Y'all made that rule.
- We follow the rule and we're like, wait a sec, that rule—that doesn't make any sense.
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- suspend rules in order to take up for suspend rules in order to take up for immediate<00:05:24.720>
- offer us a motion to suspend our rules offer us a motion to suspend our rules to<00:26:00.160>
- For the straw poll?
- <01:09:28.680>
and our committee took a straw poll and our committee took a straw poll and- conducted a straw poll conducted a straw poll and<01:20:52.360>
uh, <01:20:52.640>voted - offer us a motion to suspend our rules offer us a motion to suspend our rules to<00:26:00.160>
Summary:
The House first took up S. 298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act. Members explained the Senate’s further proposal of amendment, including changes to language about how the State Ethics Commission may respond to ethics inquiries, a directive for the Secretary of State and Ethics Commission to work out a shared process for the candidate financial disclosure form by January 30, and a technical PAC-related wording change. The committee reported an 11-0-0 vote in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment.
The chamber then suspended rules to take up S. 328, the omnibus housing bill, and heard detailed committee reports from General and Housing, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The bill addresses common interest community resources, a service-supported housing advisory council, expansion of the 10% for Vermont program to 12.5%, an off-site construction accelerator pilot, VHFA’s rental housing revolving loan program, special assessment districts, municipal housing planning requirements, and several reports on housing-related issues. Ways and Means described revenue impacts from the cash-balance expansion and revised the off-site construction pilot and loan program language; Appropriations removed a section already included in the budget and adjusted advisory council per diem funding. The House adopted the amendments, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and messaged the action to the Senate forthwith.
The House then suspended rules to take up S. 197, relating to payment reform for primary care. The House Health Care Committee recommended a strike-all amendment, saying the health care system is in crisis, premiums are rising, access to primary care is limited, and clinicians are burdened by documentation and administrative work. The committee vote on its amendment was 10-0-1, and the bill was also referred to Ways and Means and Appropriations because of fiscal implications. The transcript cuts off as the House was beginning consideration of the bill.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - AM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
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polling <00:11:42.320>stations Bill 53, poll watchers polling stations Bill 53, poll - watch while the polls are open and then also when counting occurs after polls have closed.
- instances on the way out of the polls. instances on the way out of the polls.
- poll watchers polling stations interim poll watchers polling stations observation.<02:10:13.040>
- Poll watchers polling station observations, otherwise known as poll watchers bill of rights. Okay.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Which sets our nation apart in history and the world is how we enforce the rules.
- Hard worker. We're glad to An amazing friend. Amazing friend, yes. Hard worker.
- But we appreciate you and your spunk, always willing to call out for the rules.
- And to my administrative rules committee, I appreciate each and every one of you.
- The Rules Chair inquired when this came through.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this is a companion to House Bill 4627 by Representative McQueeney that creates poll standards
- I think I made the 12-hour rule, so I'm not going to pass it out.
- That is engaged in the maintenance of an electric transmission or distribution system, relevant rules
- Construct those poles in accordance with the PUC rules. Kind of walk us through that.
- , not PUC rules.
Keywords:
wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House committees are subject to the same rules of decorum that govern House proceedings.
- You know, polls suggest that you're right. You're right.
- There was a poll that came out this morning that some of us follow.
- And you heard me earlier today talk about the poll that came out today.
- Not to mention the influx of RVs, rent houses, and workers for nearby AI centers.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and industry workers.
- So whether or not it's the COVID Worker Outreach Project or the California Worker Outreach Project.
- The state's workers' compensation system is built on a sort of no-fault grand promise, so if a worker
- Over the last 10 years, workers Workers comp has seen a reduction in their annual workers comp.
- rules in that grand plan.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- The first rule is amendments to the rules on poll watchers, vote challenges, and provisional voting.
- You're recognized to present the rule. Our rule is pretty simple.
- You recognize to present the rule. Our rule is pretty simple.
- So we did, in all good-faith effort, put that rule plus these other rules, plus our other rules, out.
- rules as outlined in its report. ...to repeal three rules and keep and extend its other rules as outlined
Summary:
The Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council reviewed several agency rules and requests. The Insurance Department’s amendment to its holding company system rule was reviewed and approved, as were two State Board of Election Commissioners rules: one clarifying poll watcher conduct, vote challenges, and provisional voting, and another increasing pay for certified election monitors and defining training, observation, and report-writing compensation. The Arkansas Financial Education Commission also had its rule reviewed and approved after removing membership requirements tied to DEI language to comply with Act 938. The committee held over the Department of Education’s request to be excluded from reporting requirements for one month to allow further discussion about who should write or implement the rules.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Human Services’ request to be excluded from reporting requirements for Acts 567, 568, 967, and 1025. DHS said CMS had raised comparability and other federal approval concerns, especially for the dental and diagnostic lab provisions, and that it might not be able to meet the acts’ effective dates. DHS described several possible paths forward, including broader benefit changes, waivers, or splitting the dental provisions so the pediatric rate increase could move separately from the special-needs adult cap increase. The Arkansas State Dental Association disputed DHS’s conclusion that the acts could not be implemented as written, argued that Act 1025 is workable, and urged DHS to continue pursuing implementation and preserve the September 1 effective date where possible. Public testimony also supported expanded dental access for adults with disabilities and special needs. After discussion, the committee voted not to exclude DHS from reporting requirements for those acts.
The committee then reviewed the Division of Higher Education’s Act 781 report. The division said it has 32 rules in effect, asked to repeal three rules—two replaced by new rules and one no longer supported by authority or current law—and to continue the remaining 29 rules. The committee approved that request, with the repeals effective upon adjournment of the Legislative Council meeting on January 16, 2026. The meeting concluded with no questions on the remaining written rulemaking updates from prior and current sessions, which were filed without further action.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 27th, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And would it be a seasonal farm worker?
- But many temporary workers... workers are not just working for three months.
- We talk about specialized workers, and when you mention seasonal workers who pick crops and so forth
- So, to move on to page 5, a leased worker on line 2, could you provide an example of a leased worker?
- There are specific setups, work-at-worker arrangements that are leased workers.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The funding will support voter education and training programs for election officials and poll workers
- And happier workers might be more productive.
- And happier workers might be more productive.
- I have been a state worker for five years.
- I have a co-worker whose husband just died of pneumonia.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 heard updates from the Secretary of State, EDD, the State Controller’s Office, CalHR, and DGS on a range of budget proposals and federal policy impacts. Secretary of State Shirley Weber opened with remarks about California’s election system, emphasizing its safety, transparency, high voter registration and vote-by-mail participation, and the office’s response to bomb threats and other election threats. Her staff then presented funding requests for the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS) and Help America Vote Act/VoteCal activities, describing them as needed to modernize campaign finance and lobbying disclosure systems and maintain election security and voter services.
A major portion of the hearing focused on federal election policy, especially the potential effects of a presidential executive order and the SAVE Act. Secretary of State staff said California would face significant, potentially unquantifiable costs if forced to comply, including new burdens on county recorders, county election offices, and the Secretary of State’s office, and warned of voter disenfranchisement, especially for students, seniors, disabled voters, military and overseas voters, rural residents, and people with limited transportation. Members and public commenters strongly opposed the federal proposals and argued California’s current system is functioning well. The committee also heard that federal HAVA funds were not expected to be at risk because the state draws them down into an interest-bearing account.
EDD reported on paid family leave, explaining that recent delays were tied to a system transition and increased claim volume, and said it was simplifying applications and adding staff and automation. Public testimony supported expanding paid family leave to chosen family. EDD also said it is prepared for possible unemployment spikes, citing a recession plan, a command center, and recent hiring. The State Controller’s Office requested funding to continue the Fiscal migration project, which would move the state’s accounting book of record to the new system by July 1, 2026; Finance and LAO had no objections, and the committee expressed support for the project’s progress.
CalHR presented a proposal for a statewide recruitment, outreach, and education paid media campaign under AB 1511, saying its current advertising budget is too small to reach diverse communities effectively. The final item addressed Governor Newsom’s executive order requiring a return to office on a four-day schedule. CalHR and DGS said they were working department-by-department to assess space, parking, transit, and other logistics, but had not completed a statewide cost analysis. Members and many public commenters criticized the order, arguing it was rushed, costly, harmful to telework benefits, and potentially disruptive to workers, especially those with disabilities, caregiving responsibilities, or long commutes. No votes were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, let us cover the ground rules for appropriate conduct.
- Again, I am a worker champion and I will always be a worker champion, so I am still open to meet with
- And so, and I want to make sure that workers have jobs.
- We talked about the workers.
- We clearly need rules for better reporting. The bill would require the C.
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 470, which would change California’s carrier-of-last-resort rules and allow a phased transition away from copper landlines in areas deemed well served by alternative phone options. The author and AT&T argued the bill would protect consumers, preserve 911 access, require public notice and CPUC review, and direct investment toward modern fiber and emergency communications. Supporters included a wide range of business, civic, tribal, and community groups, while opponents from TURN, rural counties, labor, digital equity organizations, and local governments warned the bill could let AT&T shed service obligations too quickly, weaken protections for rural and underserved households, and harm workers. After extensive member discussion about CPUC authority, rural carveouts, labor impacts, and reinvestment, AB 470 was passed do pass as amended to Appropriations, with one no vote and one not voting, and the roll left open.
The committee then took up AB 1532, a committee omnibus bill extending funding and surcharge authority for the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and the TNC Access for All program, while also adding CPUC accountability provisions. Chair Boerner Horvath explained the bill would not raise consumer costs and would require the CPUC to appear at hearings when requested and adopt rules for commissioner attendance. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill was moved do pass and re-refer to Utilities and Energy, though the roll was left open because it had not yet reached the threshold for immediate transmission.
Finally, the committee heard AB 353, the Affordable Home Internet Act of 2025, which would establish an affordability floor for home broadband for low-income Californians after the expiration of the federal Affordable Connectivity Program. Supporters said broadband costs remain too high and that families, students, and vulnerable communities need a state solution now; opponents from the wireless industry and rural county representatives argued the bill would amount to an artificial price mandate and could complicate existing rural broadband buildouts. Members generally supported the goal but raised concerns about impacts on small ISPs and rural areas, and the bill was moved forward with a motion and second while discussion continued about possible exemptions and amendments.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Joint Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- There’s a poll with 75% Republicans polled; 65% of them supported it, 32% opposed.
- I think it's pretty clear to everybody from the polling.
- To that poll.
- And that would be a ruling of the chair. Well, that would be a ruling of the chair.
- Senator Burckhard, do we need to—this is rules again.
Bills:
HB1623
Keywords:
HB 1623, North Dakota, rural health, rural health transformation program, medical facility infrastructure loan fund, medical facility infrastructure loan program, rural health loan program, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, federal grant, health care infrastructure, rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, nonprofit health care providers, gap financing, loan fund, public health funding, healthcare financing, Medicaid
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 1624, the “Universal Lunch Bill,” from Rep. Mike Nathie. He argued the proposal should be placed in Century Code rather than the Constitution so future legislatures can adjust it if state finances tighten, and said the bill would start the program a year earlier with a $65 million appropriation for one school year. DPI testified that the estimate did not include nonpublic schools that do not participate, and members questioned the impact on Title I, free-and-reduced applications, private-school accountability, breakfast mandates for schools that do not currently serve breakfast, and whether the funding could come from the DPI budget or other sources. Supporters, including North Dakota United, the North Dakota Catholic Conference, a pediatrician, and the American Heart Association, said universal meals improve student health and learning, reduce family costs, and are better handled in statute than by constitutional amendment. No opposition testimony was offered, and the chair closed the hearing for later work-session action.
The committee then took up House Bill 1627, introduced by Rep. Tye Dressler, which would raise the income threshold for the state-funded school lunch program from 225% to 300% of poverty, with an estimated cost of about $7 million for 2026-27. Dressler said the bill is intended as a targeted, budget-friendly alternative to the ballot measure and emphasized that the state should maximize federal meal dollars while improving participation in the current program. Members questioned whether raising the threshold would actually increase utilization, whether a dollar amount would be clearer than a percentage, and how the change would affect federal reimbursements and application rates. DPI said it could quickly calculate additional percentage levels, and the chair closed the hearing, directing DPI to prepare more numbers for the work session.
Finally, the committee opened Senate Bill 2403, presented by Sen. Schiable, to create a short-term bridge-loan program for financially distressed hospitals, centered on Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin. The bill would authorize up to $5 million per loan, with a $10 million appropriation available on a first-come, first-served basis, and would run only through June 30, 2027. Schiable said the hospital’s debt and operating problems threaten local health care, ambulance service, and the community’s economy, and that the proposal was designed narrowly with Bank of North Dakota review to avoid creating a broad precedent. Committee members asked whether the appropriation could be reduced and whether the bank would still apply commercial feasibility and repayment standards; Schiable said yes, the bank would still evaluate the loan and could reject it if it was not sound.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Special Session 2026 May 5th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We started having poll taxes.
- If you want majority rule, give both seats to Democrats.
- Notice shall be posted at the former polling place, the new polling place, and on the county's official
- <00:38:17.600>
place, polling place, the new polling place, polling place, the new polling - uh the Supreme Court not issued a ruling uh the Supreme Court not issued a ruling uh<00:54:47.400
Bills:
SB1
Keywords:
special primary election, redistricting, State Senate districts, federal court ruling, injunction, vacated order, election calendar, 2026 general election, 2026 primary election, runoff election, party nominee, Governor proclamation, Alabama elections, district boundaries, court-ordered redistricting, special election, nomination process, Secretary of State, election law, 923
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, as a reminder to the committee and our visitors and witnesses today under House Rule 4, Section 13
- , House committees are subject to the same rules of decorum that govern, that govern House proceedings
- , and under those rules, the chair is responsible for preserving order and decorum during committee meetings
- Poll so far it's been successful, and I was very happy.
- So, you know, we have home rule cities, right, where they have the ability to make ordinances.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-13 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> We have H. 650 being on the calendar for notice and affecting the revenues of the state under Rule
- on Finance. >> We have H. 938 being on the calendar for notice and carrying an appropriation under Rule
- Where we landed with this amendment, the committee is supportive by a straw poll of 5 to 0 to adding
- ...rules established which could impact juveniles and OPCs, and depending on what those rules are and
- to align with changes in federal rules to align with changes in federal rules uh<01:34:13.760>