Successful Practices for High School Poll Worker Programs

Abstract

Throughout most of the United States, high school students work as part of the team running polling places and serving voters on Election Day. Employing student poll workers has become an important strategy election administrators rely on to assist voters, while bringing age and ethnic diversity, familiarity with technology, and enthusiasm to the polling place. What these high school programs look like, however, varies greatly from state to state and even among jurisdictions within a state.