2023 - Winner for Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers

Solano County has successfully implemented a forward-looking online election worker portal, which has proven instrumental in both time and cost savings, elevating poll worker engagement and retention rates. Traditionally, the Solano County Registrar of Voters would manually assign election workers to designated locations and positions for Election Day. This process demanded a considerable allocation of staff resources, addressing both worker scheduling and fielding inquiries about Election Day assignments. Solano County has embraced a contemporary and efficient approach by deploying an election force solution in collaboration with Tenex Software Solutions. This innovative election worker management tool facilitates a streamlined self-scheduling" mechanism for election workers, mitigating the county's administrative overhead. The introduction of this solution has empowered election workers to independently schedule themselves for election shifts, resulting in a notable reduction in administrative burden, enhanced worker empowerment, increased retention rates, a decrease in the average age of workers, and a substantial reduction in no-show rates.