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Introduced November 19, 2025 by Robert F. Onder · Last progress November 19, 2025
The bill strengthens union members' voice and internal transparency in presidential endorsements but adds procedural requirements that raise costs, risk delaying or weakening endorsements, and may chill unions' political advocacy.
Union members gain a clear, member-driven process for presidential endorsements because unions must poll members and base endorsements on disclosed results.
Labor organizations must disclose poll results to members before endorsing a Presidential candidate, increasing transparency inside unions.
Unions may be chilled from engaging in collective political advocacy because procedural burdens for endorsements could make such activity more onerous than for other organizations.
Unions' political influence in Presidential contests could be reduced if polling procedures produce delays, contests, or low turnout that block or delay endorsements.
Labor organizations will incur additional administrative costs and staff time to run required polls and disclose results, diverting resources from member services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires labor organizations to poll members and disclose results before endorsing a U.S. presidential candidate.
Prohibits a labor organization from endorsing a candidate for President of the United States unless the organization first conducts a poll of its members on the endorsement and then discloses the poll results to its members. The requirement becomes effective 12 months after the law is enacted. Also establishes a short title for the law; it does not appropriate funds or add other obligations beyond the polling and disclosure requirement.