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Poll Workers

We’re Facing a Historic Shortage of Poll Workers. Can Voters Count on You? (Blog)

With three months to go until Election Day, America is facing a critical shortage of poll workers, all of whom need to be signed up and trained in time for November.

League Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Stimulus Funding Related to COVID-19 (Legal Document)

The League sent a memo to Congress urging them to include policies in the next COVID-19 stimulus bill that that will protect our elections, protect all families regardless of immigration status, and re-classify the District of Columbia, while continuing to help families, communities, and workers facing hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.

League Urges Adoption of Key Policies Around 2020 Elections Amid COVID-19 Threat (Legal Document)

The League joined over 200 organizations supporting an effort led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights urging federal lawmakers and state elections officials to adopt key policies to ensure both the public’s safety and the orderly conduct of the 2020 primary and general elections in light of the current threat posed by COVID-19.

Daily Herald: Voter leagues helping DuPage clerk prepare for potentially historic turnout in 2020 (News Clips)

Leagues in Illinois are mobilizing to recruit polling station judges needed to run elections in 2020. All seven League of Women Voters chapters in DuPage County are helping the clerk's office recruit up to 4,000 judges it expects to need to run elections next March and November.

North Carolina Leagues Start Conversation with Boards of Elections (Blog)

LWV of North Carolina and Democracy North Carolina interviewed local election officials to get an on-the-ground view of voting administration resources and procedures.

Voting Issues on Election Day Point to Need for Decreasing Barriers and Reforming the Election System (Blog)

I worked with the Election Protection Hotline to help voters rectify the issues they faced when attempting to vote. This experience showed how far we have to go to have fair elections.

Thank You to Election Day Poll Workers and Election Judges (Blog)

I spent Election Day evaluating polling places for LWV of Prince George's County, MD. I want to acknowledge and thank the poll workers and judges without whom Election Day would not function.

Vote-Counting in New York (News Clips)

League of Women Voters of New York City’s response to NYT editorial: “We urge the board to do what it can now: write rules and get started recruiting and training workers for half-day shifts. There is no time to waste.”

Reflections from a Poll Observer (Blog)

As I wrote earlier this week, I was in Wisconsin on Tuesday to observe the recall election. It was a long day, but very exciting to bear witness to democracy at work.