2023年9月19日 · On Thursday you can watch the nonpartisan documentary, No Time to Fail, about what it was like to be a poll worker in the 2020 election. This film, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Champaign County, gives a behind the scenes look at some of the challenges poll workers faced during a global pandemic and a campaign spreading voting ...

2024年3月18日 · This series of state-level guides highlights the safeguards in place to ensure that poll workers cannot disrupt election processes. Poll workers play a vital role in administering elections, performing a wide range of essential duties from setting up polling stations and checking in voters to counting ballots and publishing results.

2022年10月28日 · Since 2020, poll workers have falsely been accused of stealing, botching, and sabotaging the 2020 election. Their lives and families have been threatened. They have been called to testify before Congress. No Time to Fail is an important corrective in an era of disinformation and overheated rhetoric.

2022年10月19日 · The new film "No Time to Fail" chronicles the work of Rhode Island election workers during 2020, and its directors joined the Political Theater podcast to discuss their documentary.

2024年10月24日 · Here are key facts about poll workers in the United States, including: What election workers do; How many poll workers usually help in general elections; Which states have the most workers per polling site; Compensation; State requirements for poll workers; Recruitment challenges; What do U.S. election workers do?

2024年8月1日 · Power the Polls, which launched in 2020, says it recruited over 700,000 new potential poll workers during the last presidential election, and they aim to recruit more this cycle. Many poll workers are paid, though the scope of compensation and …

This 2023 report outlines recommendations focused on strengthening and streamlining poll worker recruitment to better meet the needs of election administrators and create larger, more diverse pools of prospective poll workers ahead of the 2024 election.

A poll worker is an individual temporarily hired by a local government to help facilitate voting on an election day. According to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, "Most jurisdictions task election workers with setting up and preparing the polling location, welcoming voters, verifying voter registrations, and issuing ballots.

Poll worker responsibilities typically include activities such as setting up polling places, greeting voters, verifying voter registrations, and issuing ballots. Poll workers also assist voters in understanding the voting process by demonstrating the use of voting equipment and explaining voting procedures.

2023年8月24日 · Poll workers are the temporary staff brought on to do the hands-on work for every election. They include greeters at polling places, ballot counters, foreign language interpreters, warehouse workers, supervisors and many more specialized jobs. Poll workers are the essential staff; in some places poll workers make up 70% of election office budgets.