LA County Nears Goal Of Recruiting 17k Election Workers, And Young People Are Stepping Up
As the largest voting jurisdiction in the country, Los Angeles County needs an army of election workers to run voting sites and process ballots for 5.4 million registered voters.
For the general election, the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder's Office estimates it will enlist 16,700 workers, mostly to operate vote centers during the 11-day period when Angelenos can cast a ballot in-person. The first centers will begin to open Oct. 24, but the majority will be available during the following weekend, through Election Day.
As of last week, the county had recruited roughly 15,000 election workers. "Those [people] have applied ... have engaged in training, have been contacted to engage in training, and have been provided training options," said L.A. County Registrar-Recorder spokesman Mike Sanchez. The goal is to finish the hiring process by Oct. 16, he added. "We are extremely grateful for the strong community response."
Poll workers in L.A. County receive a stipend of $100 per day and $80 for mandatory training days.
There's been a surge of interest this year in the usually un-sexy job of election administration. The spectre of a contagious virus, protests for racial justice and a tumultuous 2020 campaign season inspired many civic-minded groups to launch efforts to draft young people to become poll workers.
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