Advocates call on veterans to serve as poll workers for upcoming elections (The Federal Times)

Advocates call on veterans to serve as poll workers for upcoming elections – By Leo Shane III (The Federal Times) / June 28, 2022

Organizers behind the new VetTheVote initiative want to get more veterans involved in American elections.

Not politics — just the elections.

At a time when major political parties are recruiting veterans to run in upcoming state and federal contests across the country, the new advocacy group is asking former service members to also consider working as election officials, helping to make sure votes in all of those critical races are cast and counted properly.

“Elections run on people that raise their hand [and serve as] poll workers who give you the pens that you need, check your IDs, make sure that people’s election signs are 40 feet from the door of the polling place,” said Ellen Gustafson, co-executive director of the initiative.

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