# Plain Language Summary: Worker Enfranchisement Act

This bill changes how workers vote on whether to have a union represent them at their workplace. Right now, unions can become the official representative for a group of employees through various methods. This bill would require that any union become the official representative only if it wins a secret ballot election where at least two-thirds of all eligible employees actually cast a vote, and a majority of those voting choose the union.

The key change is the two-thirds participation requirement. Under current law, a union might become the representative if a majority of people who show up to vote support it, even if most employees don't participate. This bill says that for a union to officially represent workers, at least two-thirds of all eligible employees in that workplace must actually vote in a secret ballot election. So if a workplace has 100 eligible employees, at least 67 of them would need to cast a ballot for the election to be valid. This is a much higher participation threshold than what currently exists.

The bill would affect workers and unions across the country whenever they're deciding whether to unionize or change their union representation. For workers, it could make it harder for unions to gain official status since more people would need to participate in the vote. For unions, it means they'd need to mobilize more members to vote in order to achieve representation. The changes would take effect six months after the bill becomes law and would apply to all future union elections from that point forward.