The Department of Education said it has rescinded Biden-era directives that allowed the use of federal dollars to pay college students to work at polling places.
In new guidance issued Tuesday, the department clarified that the Federal Work Study (FWS) program, which provides part-time jobs for students with financial need, does not cover any jobs involving “partisan or nonpartisan political activity.”
According to the guidance, work such as helping people to register to vote and serving as a poll worker is inherently political regardless of whether it takes place on or off campus, because it ultimately facilitates the act of voting, through which citizens formally express support for political candidates….