163,000 Veterans and Military Family Members Fall In for Poll Worker Duty on Election Day
Published October 31, 2024 at 5:11pm ET
More than 163,000 veterans and military family members have stepped up to serve as poll workers for the Nov. 5 elections at polling locations nationwide to help ensure that the voting process goes smoothly and results in a fair count.
The number recruited from the military community for poll worker duty this year far exceeds the 63,500 veterans and family members who joined up to put in shifts at polling stations for the midterm elections in 2022, according to the nonprofit Vet the Vote coalition of 43 advocacy groups and other organizations formed in 2022 to promote veteran and family member participation in elections.
"Our community makes for a good workforce" to take on the nuts and bolts of running one of the more than 132,000 polling stations expected to be recording votes next Tuesday, said Ellen Gustafson, a Navy spouse and co-founder of the Vet the Vote organization, which now has the support of the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and NASCAR.
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