The Biden administration carved out paid administrative leave to encourage federal bureaucrats and other employees—seen as a loyal Democrat constituency—to volunteer as poll workers.
The administration also requires federal agencies to grant four hours of leave for voting to employees, according to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project obtained the documents. The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.
“In recent years, more and more private sector employers have provided time off to their employees to vote,” OPM Director Kiran Ahuja writes in a memo made public through the FOIA. “With more than 2.1 million civilian employees, the federal government is the largest employer in the nation. As such, the federal government has the…
