Heat and other climate impacts like floods and storms affect voters, candidates and poll workers in different ways at ...

Even with early public opinion on their side, however, it’s far from certain that the Republican budget bill will be the ...

A new federal survey - taken after every major election - shows in 2024, mail-in voting was down but early, in-person voting ...

Poll workers are a critical component of our election process and you could be one of them. Counties are currently recruiting people to work at the state’s approximately 9,000 voting locations.

Poll workers are a critical component of our election process and you could be one of them. Counties are currently recruiting people to work at the state’s approximately 9,000 voting locations.

For disabled and chronically ill poll workers, Election Day—which can mean 14-hour shifts—certainly takes the cake. Being a poll worker can be a meaningful civic duty for those who participate.

Domingo Reyes, who became a U.S. Citizen July 4, 2023, will be a first-time poll worker in Lowell. Reyes, who has helped with setting up and taking down polling locations in the past, said he was p… ...

For all poll worker positions, you must be a U.S. citizen and a Cook County resident (or college students must attend a Cook County school) who is at least 16 years old.

The unsung election heroes Poll workers have long been the unsung folks who sit in front of computer screens for hours on end, checking the names and addresses of would-be voters against their ...

Historically, poll workers have been retirees who work elections looking for some extra income. About 500 of the 3,500 poll workers in Bergen County on Election Day will be high school students ...

This year, the student poll workers will be split up in different time frames. The first shift of students will work from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the last shift will be from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.