Officials Warn Poll Worker Shortage Looms

WASHINGTON -- A critical shortage of poll workers will develop around the nation unless younger people step in to take over for senior citizens who staff polling places now, elections officials said Monday. In Baltimore, "If they're breathing and they can walk we have to take them," said the city's election director, Barbara Jackson.

In New Mexico, the average poll worker is 70 years old, said New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron.

While election administrators may scrape together the estimated 2 million workers needed Nov. 2, some workers will barely be up to the job, and the shortage will only get worse as staffers grow older, said witnesses at a hearing of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The independent federal agency distributes money and advice to states to help solve voting problems.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-poll-worker-shortage,0,3929274.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

The State?

you should check with your Democratic Central Committee (County)
Also with the County Elections clerk. I've done it. It was really interesting...nothing like the idiots in Florida.
We don't have poll workers anymore cause we have Vote by mail. But we do have poll watchers for the last days when people come in cause their ballot was lost or they didn't receive one.

This is the PA elections page on the govt site. Maybe you could find a contact person here

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/voting/cwp/view.asp?a=1195&q=443005&votingNav=|

The poll workers are identified at town caucuses in February. The names are then given to the Town Clerks. We have to have equal representation of Ds and Rs.

We have a shortage here. I'm the youngest person and I'm in my 50s!

Heck, you even get paid for it!

I'd suggest contacting your city or town clerk. He or she can steer you in the right direction.

and pay you for the day too.....

Dems

problem solved

Wow, the community spirit of capitalism comes to the rescue once again. This is about the same number of companies signing onto Bush's voluntary pollution-reduction initiative, isn't it?