With less than two months until election day, both state and county board of election officials are looking to recruit more poll workers.
THE ELECTION IS INJUST 55 DAYS.MORE PEOPLE THANEVER ARE EXPECTEDTO VOTE BY MAILAHEAD OF TIME.BUT AS NIKKIDEMENTRI TELLS US --THERE IS STILL APRESSING NEED FORPEOPLE AT THE POLLS."IF WE'RE GOING TOHAVE ELECTIONS,SOMEONE HAS TO BETHERE."AND BY SOMEONEDONALD HOLMESMEANS POLLWORKERS."WITHOUT THEINSPECTORS, THEELECTION CAN'THAPPEN."SINCE 2002.AFTERSERVING ASSUPERVISOR OFNEWSTEAD.HOLMESDECIDED TO LEND HISTIME SERVING THEDEMOCRATICPROCESS."I KNEW THAT THEYHAD A LOT OF TROUBLEGETTING PEOPLE SO ITHOUGHT I COULD DOMY PART BY SIGNINGUP."FOR 18 YEARSEVERY FIRST TUESDAYIN NOVEMBERMEANS A 5:30 A-M CALLTIME.BEFORE A 15HOUR WORKDAY.INSPECTORS LIKEHOLMES MAY ALSO BEASKED TO WORKPRIMARIES, SPECIALELECTIONS AND EARLYVOTING."N: WHAT'S BEEN YOURFAVORITE PARTTHROUGHOUT YOURPAST 18 YEARS?H: GOOD QUESTION.
IDON'T KNOW.
MYFAVORITE PART ISSEEING PEOPLE,SEEING A LOT OFPEOPLE.
THIS WILL BEA GOOD YEARBECAUSE WE'LL SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE."POLL WORKERS WEARMANY HATS INCLUDINGSET-UP AND TAKEDOWN, PROCESSINGVOTERS ANDCANVASSING ANDREPORTING RESULTS.BUT HOLMES SAYSGETTING PAID IS APLUS.NAPLUS.NATSMANY POLL WORKERSARE OLDER.SOME ARE AFRAID THEPANDEMIC MIGHTFORCE THEM TO STAYHOME.STATE AND LOCALBOARD OF ELECTIONSOFFICES AREENCOURAGING THENEXT GENERATION TOCOME FILL THE VOID.SO IS HOLMES."IT'S AN EASY THING TODO AND I FEEL LIKE I'MMAKING ACONTRIBUTION."HIS ADVICE IS SIMPLEFOR ANYONE WHOSIGNS UP."BRING AN APPLE ANDHAVE A GOOD DAY."ND, 7EWN
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Kern County is less than 50 days away from the 2020 elections, and it seems that poll worker sign-ups have increased since 23ABC..
