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Community Poll Workers are Essential to a Safe, Secure and Accessible Election. August 11 is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission reports over 772,000 poll workers served during the 2024 general election, but shortages were common. National Poll Worker Recruitment Day is Aug. 11th, and supporting our election system is an excellent way to celebrate America’s 250 years of democracy.

Do You Support Democracy and Want to Protect Our Elections? Aug. 1 is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.

July 31, 2024July 31, 2024

National Poll Worker Recruitment Day is Aug. 1st. The pool of roughly 800,000 poll workers nationwide is aging, and shortages have been reported in some areas. If you have been vocal about making sure our elections are free and fair, now’s your chance to protect them by becoming a trained poll worker.

Tight Labor Market, Demographics, Health Concerns and Poll Worker Harassment Contribute to Shortages of Poll Workers Around the U.S.

October 19, 2023December 28, 2023

The election system in most precincts around the U.S. relies on older volunteers and stipend workers who have flexibility of time to help out. Many experienced poll workers stepped back during the pandemic, citing health concerns, and extraordinarily low unemployment rates make it harder to recruit short term workers.

American Democracy Minute for August 5, 2022: Election Workers Report Conspiracy-Fueled Threats, Harassment & Intimidation

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

While the Tin Foil Hat Week on the American Democracy Minute was a humorous way to spotlight crackpot election fraud theories, a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday shows the 2020 conspiracy theories have had serious and even life-threatening impacts on our nation’s election workers.