Poll workers still needed for next month's election

The director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections says it's not too late to sign up to be a poll worker. Sherry Poland says technically the position is called "precinct election official."

“These are the folks that work together in a bipartisan fashion to basically bring democracy to the community. Their job is to check-in voters. When a voter comes in to their voting place, they check to make sure they have acceptable form of ID.”

Poland says poll workers hand out ballots and answer any questions. She says it's not a difficult job, but it is a long day, starting at 5:30 a.m. and ending after the polls close at 7:30 p.m. She says there is a training course, and workers get paid $225.

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Poland says more than 70% of their workers have done it before.

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