poll workers
Voting booth attendants
Poll workers are the staff who operate polling places on election day.
They check voter registration, distribute ballots, operate voting machines, and ensure orderly procedures.
Poll workers are typically local volunteers or paid temporary workers, often including members of both major parties to provide oversight: My grandmother has been a poll worker for thirty years.
- ballot boxesSealed containers collecting votes
- polling stationsDesignated ballot-casting sites
- precinct captainsLocal electoral district leaders
- voting machinesDevices that tally votes
- civic dutyObligation owed to community
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