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Poll Workers 101: Recruiting Poll Workers for Your Jurisdiction

Poll Workers 101 focuses on helping you better understand what motivates poll workers, and it provides an overview of various recruitment strategies that your office can use.

Enroll in Poll Workers 101: Recruiting Poll Workers for Your Jurisdiction

  • Course Number

    PW101

  • Self-Paced

About This Course

Effective poll workers are essential for ensuring a positive voting experience, and the growing number of voters, voter confusion, and mistrust make recruiting them more critical than ever. This course offers a variety of practical strategies to recruit these poll workers.

Recruiting Poll Workers for Your Jurisdiction is part of a four-course series on leading a successful poll worker program. By completing this course, you will:

  • Develop a better understanding of poll workers’ demographics, motivations, views of their work, and concerns
  • Learn about resources and new strategies for recruiting poll workers that are representative of your jurisdiction’s voting community
  • Practice skills in written communication and strategy planning around poll worker recruitment

Who is this course designed for?

  • Local election administrators seeking recruitment strategies for their poll worker programs
  • Local election administrators looking to learn more about current poll worker trends
  • Others looking for an overview of the full scope and impact of poll worker programs

Special Thanks

  • Ragini Algole

  • Brianna Lennon

    Boone County, Illinois

  • Lauren Miller

    Brennan Center

Course Staff

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I complete the course?

There are a few steps to complete a course. After you complete the content, the course will prompt you to:

  1. Complete a post-course survey
  2. Confirm that you have reviewed all course materials
  3. Request your course certificate

Please complete all of these steps, so that we can count your progress! We will describe each step in detail at the end of the course.

Do I receive a certificate for this course?

Yes! At the end of each course, there are instructions for completing the course and generating a certificate of completion.

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