Beware of work-study programs disguised as political activities: GOP attorneys general letter to DOE

FIRST ON FOX: West Virginia and Indiana are warning the Biden administration that recent work study guidance allowing federal support for voter registration may violate the law.

The attorneys general expressed concern at the guidance's advisement that such civic engagement work may include "broad-based get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration, providing voter assistance at a polling place or via voter hotline, or poll worker service." They noted Congress designed the federal work study program to support community service activities for student-workers. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

"Your guidance effectively licenses colleges and universities to subsidize this activity – and potentially swing elections by choosing where to direct these funds – with taxpayer money," the letter reads. "That approach violates limitations imposed by law."