ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Calling all registered voters: Belmont County needs your help, especially if you are a Democrat.

Eberle Ferrell, director of the Belmont County Board of Elections and a Democrat, recently visited a meeting of the county Democratic Party in hopes of persuading some members to help staff polling locations during the Nov. 4 general election. Just as a bipartisan balance is required among board members and staff, with Deputy Director Kamron Chervenak being a Republican, each of the county’s 69 polling precincts must be staffed by a bipartisan mix of individuals.

During a phone interview on Thursday, Ferrell said the county needs 276 total poll workers, which would place four workers at each precinct. The county previously had 70 precincts, but two Flushing Township precinct

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