LOS ANGELES - Local election authorities are racing to ensure a solid work force of poll workers willing to brave voting centers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic come Nov.
3.As coronavirus cases continue to mount across the nation, strain on local governments to provide safe and sanitary polling locations in the face of the contagion has resulted in election officials working with political groups and the private sector to ensure that election sties stay open. “A lot of localities are really worried about the number of poll workers that they’re going to have,” said Ellen Weintraub, who serves as commissioner on the Federal Election Commission.