{"id":3136,"date":"2020-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-introduces-legislation-to-address-poll-worker-shortage\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:22","slug":"merkley-introduces-legislation-to-address-poll-worker-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-introduces-legislation-to-address-poll-worker-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"MERKLEY PRESENTA LEGISLACI\u00d3N PARA ABORDAR LA ESCASEZ DE TRABAJADORES ELECTORALES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>El Senador Jeff Merkley ha anunciado que presentar\u00e1 la Ley de Reclutamiento de Trabajadores Electorales de 2020 para abordar la escasez de trabajadores electorales para las elecciones generales de noviembre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>El anuncio del martes coincidi\u00f3 con el D\u00eda Nacional de Reclutamiento de Trabajadores Electorales.<\/p>\n<p>El comunicado de Merkley dijo que a medida que la pandemia de COVID-19 se ha extendido por los EE. UU., la crisis ha hecho que sea mucho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil reclutar trabajadores electorales en un momento en que las opciones de votaci\u00f3n en persona son limitadas. El comunicado dice que muchos de los voluntarios que normalmente ayudan al personal de los colegios electorales son personas mayores que corren un alto riesgo de sufrir complicaciones por el COVID-19 y los profesionales de la salud p\u00fablica les han instado a quedarse en casa.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley dijo que la legislaci\u00f3n facilitar\u00eda el env\u00edo de reclutas a donde m\u00e1s se necesitan al eliminar los requisitos de que los trabajadores electorales est\u00e9n registrados para votar en el mismo condado donde se ofrecen como voluntarios. El comunicado dec\u00eda que los trabajadores electorales a\u00fan tendr\u00edan que estar registrados en el mismo estado.<\/p>\n<p>Pensilvania implement\u00f3 el cambio durante sus elecciones primarias de 2020. 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