Look up information on how to work at the polls on Election Day.
Work Elections Project makes it easy for you to become a poll worker.
Our site walks you through the application process and answers all of your questions about poll working.
We compile the latest information from thousands of jurisdictions nationwide, making it easy for local election officials and potential workers to connect. Our platform streamlines your path to making a difference on Election Day — helping your friends and neighbors exercise the most basic democratic right we have as Americans.
Many local election officials struggle to recruit the hundreds of thousands of poll workers needed nationwide on Election Day. WorkElections.org offers a solution to one of the main challenges to poll worker recruitment: a lack of accessible, centralized information for the general public.
WorkElections.org, a nonpartisan, non-profit project of Fair Elections Center, collects and centralizes poll worker requirements and links to applications for thousands of jurisdictions across the country. The site provides simplified information for prospective poll workers who may not know where or how to apply.
Many election officials struggle to recruit sufficient numbers of poll workers with the technological and language skills necessary to staff polling places during early voting or on Election Day. Additionally, many people who would make great poll workers don’t know how to apply or what helping on Election Day entails. The website makes it easy for these individuals to find the information they need quickly and connects them directly with local election officials.
Tasks may vary, but generally, poll workers prepare the polling place and voting machines, greet and check-in voters, issue ballots, ensure order in the lines, and assist voters as needed, among other tasks. Training is available (and often required) to prepare poll workers for their responsibilities.
If your local jurisdiction or state has an online application or a printable application, we include it on the site so that you can apply directly. If an application isn’t available, the site provides contact information for your local election officials so that you can call or email them to express interest in serving as a poll worker.
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Disclaimer: The site compiles the most up-to-date and accurate information directly from local election officials and/or their public information sites. This information is being provided as a public service and the sponsoring organization should not be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the information. Fair Elections Center is a non-profit and is not affiliated in any way with any governmental office or agency.
