WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The backbone of the American election system rides on the shoulders of an army of paid volunteers: poll workers, who take time out of their lives to spend Election Day helping ...

Mail ballots are sorted and counted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Election Day November 2022. When Pennsylvania holds its 2025 municipal election on Nov. 4, thousands of poll workers will ensure that ...

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission — an independent, bipartisan commission charged with ensuring secure, accurate and accessible elections — is launching a national effort to recruit poll workers ...

Oct 18 (Reuters) - After scrambling to replace an aging force of poll workers most at risk from the coronavirus, U.S. election officials face the challenge of running the Nov. 3 voting with untested ...

Traditionally, Election Day polls are staffed by bright-eyed and smiling sixty, seventy and even eighty-somethings. But this year, as this demographic remains the most susceptible to the COVID-19 ...

Election offices across the country are making preparations to ensure everything is ready for a smooth voting process. A crucial piece to make sure that happens is recruiting enough poll workers for ...

Two voters from the West Pittston 3rd Ward arrived at the polls at 7 p.m. with no waiting for an open machine. Poll worker Clark Switzer, right, stands by the ballot machine waiting to load the two ...

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