The vast majority of U.S. poll workers are stepping up to ensure that elections are safe and fair. But election officials worry that bad actors may infiltrate the ranks.
Levine said potential poll workers who have a level of distrust in the elections process may be doing the wrong thing for the right reasons — breaking the rules to ensure nobody else breaks the rules.
Fortunately, the Bipartisan Policy Center said in its brief, there are laws, guidelines and precautionary measures officials take to ensure a fair and secure election takes place. Steps include training for temporary workers, codes of conduct and oaths taken by staffers, as well as working in teams for peer oversight.
The center's explainer was unanimously endorsed by the BPC Task Force on Elections, made up of state and local election officials from 20 states. Joseph Kirk — a task force member and election supervisor in Bartow County, Ga., a primarily conservative county in the northwestern corner of the state — said he trusts his team when it comes to recruiting potential poll workers, and that the county doesn't have a stringent vetting process. Instead, he relies on informative training and the code of conduct to ensure poll workers understand their roles and responsibilities.
Kirk and his team also ensure tasks are completed in teams of two, a critical rule that Levine, of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, favors. This includes everything from opening equipment to checking voters in, using peer-to-peer accountability as a system of checks and balances.
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