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The resources below are designed to help election officials recruit, train, and retain temporary or seasonal election workers, often called poll workers. States may also refer to these workers as election officers, inspectors, clerks, or judges.
Please refer to our main Clearinghouse Resources page for more best practices, tools, and guidance on other topics.
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Visit the resource page for Clearinghouse Resources on In-person Voting, Poll Worker Resources for Election Officials, or Poll Worker Resources for Voters to find additional guidance.
Poll Worker Resources
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Election Worker Training: Managing Challenging Interactions
Short video training to help election workers manage challenging interactions, developed by the EAC and the American Psychological Association.
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2024 “National Poll Worker Recruitment Day” Toolkit
Toolkit with customizable social media graphics and templates for press releases and other outreach to help election officials recruit poll workers around National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.
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Guidebook for Recruiting College Poll Workers
A collection of best practices for recruiting, training, and retaining college students to serve as poll workers. This is the third edition of the Guidebook, published in 2023.
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Poll Worker Quick Tips: Recruitment guide
A list of recruitment strategies for general and targeted poll worker recruitment, including tips for finding student poll workers, bilingual poll workers, poll workers with disabilities etc.
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2020 Election Summit, Panel 4: Overcoming Election Day and Poll Worker Challenges
Recording of a 2020 EAC panel discussion with local election officials about issues related to poll workers and other Election Day challenges.
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Sample Poll Worker Training Survey
Template survey for poll workers, designed to help election officials assess and improve their poll worker training. Adaptable for use across different jurisdictions.
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Election Worker Successful Practices: Recruitment, Training and Retention
Collection of successful best practices from across the country related to recruitment, training, retention, and management of poll workers.
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State-by-State Compendium: Election Worker Laws and Statutes
Comparative guide to the laws that govern poll workers in each state.
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Poll Worker Preparedness Checklist
General checklist election officials can provide to poll workers during training, with information on the steps poll workers must take to be ready to serve at the polls.
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EAVS Deep Dive: Poll Workers & Polling Places
Research report outlining what the EAC's Election Administration & Voting Survey (EAVS) data shows about poll workers and polling places.