National Poll Worker Recruitment Day

Overview

Since 2020, the League of Women Voters has partnered with Power the Polls to recruit poll workers. As Leagues prepare for upcoming local elections and gear up for a busy election season, it is critical to recruit poll workers to ensure safe, free, and fair elections for all voters. 

Join LWV and Power the Polls on Thursday, August 1, 2024, for Poll Worker Recruitment Day! 

Recruitment Link

Leagues can recruit poll workers using our unique link. Leagues should use this link when promoting Poll Worker Recruitment Day in their social media captions, emails, or other day-of-action materials. 

LWV's Recruitment Link

Leagues are welcome to use this link after the August 1 day of action to continue to promote poll worker recruitment in their communities!

Social Media

Graphics

Click the button below to download social media graphics to share on National Poll Worker Recruitment Day! Graphics are sized for Instagram, Facebook, and X (Twitter), and include LWV's logo.

DOWNLOAD: LWV'S Power the Poll Graphics

Sample Captions

• Every voter should be able to have an easy and efficient experience at the polls. Let’s make sure to help create that experience by recruiting poll workers! Today is Poll Worker Recruitment Day - sign up today to be a poll worker and help make sure our elections are accessible and run as smoothly as possible. www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• Today is Poll Worker Recruitment Day! Working the polls is one of the most effective ways to support democracy. Sign up to be a poll worker and help our elections run smoothly. Head to the link in our bio to sign up today! www.powerthepolls.org/LWV #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay #PowerThePolls 
• It’s never too early to help democracy! By signing up to be a poll worker, you can ensure that all voters—including voters with disabilities, voters who need language assistance, and voters who want to cast their ballot in person—have a positive experience at the polls. Sign up today with @powerthepolls by visiting www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• Our democracy needs you! This Poll Worker Recruitment Day, sign up @powerthepolls to be a poll worker and share the need for poll workers with your community! Together we keep democracy strong. #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• [YOUR LEAGUE NAME] is so proud of every single person who has signed up to work the polls and make sure voters can cast ballots during every election. Democracy is powered by heroes like you! Make a difference in your community and sign up @powerthepolls to be a poll worker this #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay. www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• The number of poll workers signed up to work the polls can determine how many polling places to open on Election Day. Sign up today @powerthepolls to ensure as many polling locations stay open in your area as possible! #PowerThePolls www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• Want to know a key way you can help ensure fair and accessible elections nationwide? By signing up to be a poll worker! Help make sure elections run smoothly and polling places stay open in your own community by signing up to be a poll worker @powerthepolls today. #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• Every voter deserves to see themselves reflected in our democracy—including having people at their polling place who look like them and speak their language. Help ensure fair and equal access to the polls by signing up as a poll worker @powerthepolls! www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• Tech-savvy poll workers are needed at the polls! Sign up to be a poll worker @powerthepolls to help Election Day run smoothly—and encourage your friends to do the same! #PowerThePolls www.powerthepolls.org/LWV 
• Have any friends and family who want to get involved in our democracy? Share the importance of poll working with them on #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay to encourage them to join you and power the polls. @powerthepolls www.powerthepolls.org/LWV

Hashtags

• Hashtags: #PowerThePolls  
• Social media: @PowerThePolls 
• Website: https://PowerThePolls.org/LWV

Sample Recruitment Language

Spread the word about Poll Worker Recruitment Day! Leagues can use the language below in internal communications with members or in newsletter communications to their community to promote this day of action:

The next election is just three months away — and at the [INSERT YOUR LEAGUE NAME], we know that means we must start planning now so that every voter has an efficient and accessible experience at the polls. And that means recruiting poll workers!

Join [YOUR LEAGUE NAME] for Poll Worker Recruitment Day – August 1, 2024 – to recruit the poll workers we need to make sure our polls - and our democracy - are accessible for everyone who wants to cast their vote.

Sign up here: https://PowerThePolls.org/LWV

Additional Resources 

Blogs 

Leagues are welcome to uplift blogs about poll workers and their experience working Election Day: 

• Being an Election Worker: 101 
• Day in the Life of a Poll Worker