Companies Recruit 350,000 Poll Workers for U.S. Election

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Big employers are telling employees they can take paid time off to volunteer as election workers as they aim to help solve a national poll-worker shortage

Big employers including Gap Inc.’s Old Navy, Target Corp. and Warby Parker are telling employees they can take paid time off to volunteer as election workers this fall as they aim to help solve a national poll-worker shortage and offer workers a way to find a sense of purpose.

Power the Polls, an initiative to recruit low-risk poll workers to staff in-person voting locations on Election Day and during early voting in October, has joined with more than 70 companies, including Starbucks Corp. and Patagonia, to connect people...

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I’ll volunteer! Just kidding. Not really interested

Could it be big TECH ? $FB LOL THE FIX IS IN BUT IT WONT WORK MAGA

The shortage of poll workers, not the mail delivery, is the real bottleneck which will cause the delays after Election Day.

I’m taking PTO to work the polls this year! A vacation day well spent IMO.

So are some of us small businesses

That's a very generous offer, but under the insane circumstances...no thanks...

I am proud to say I work for a company that has encouraged employee serving their community n this way!

joncoopertweets How about the WSJ doing the same or does your boss Rupert Murdoch not approve?

joncoopertweets Awesome

is she awake ?

So I can take my PTO and use it on Election Day....hmmm. Should this say they are paying me without me taking PTO?

If you get groceries and gas You can go out and vote.

My company is making Election Day a paid company holiday!

Gove them time off to vote too!

With so many people unemployed, they have to take employed workers? This doesn't make sense.

GOPChairwoman if you don't recruit and hire poll workers nationwide to protect the vote from DNC rigging and malpractice, you will be doing a great disservice to the country. There must be a republican in every polling center, counting on recording or else DNC will rig everythin

.. as long as you volunteer for Democraps

The companies stand with Trump as does America

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