Challenges to Fair Elections 5: Poll Worker Training

Contributing Organization(s): Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action


Author(s)/Creator(s): Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action Democracy Program Staff

Publishing Date: 2006-10-25

Issue Areas: Government Reform

Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright Demos 2006

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If elections are the foundation of our democracy, then poll workers are the gears and wheels that make the mechanics of democracy function on Election Day. Regrettably, this human factor is often overlooked and under-supported. States squeak by each year with a bare minimum of poll workers who receive inadequate training for an increasingly complex task. Recent surveys, press accounts, and troubled primary elections attest to the problem.

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Intended Audience: College/University Professors; General Public; Policy Professionals; Researchers; Teachers-high school

Type/Format: Policy Brief

Language code: English

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