{"article":{"id":180402,"heading":"California Election Protection Volunteers Needed","author":" forwarded from Tia","created":"2006-09-30 13:16:02","modified":"2013-11-11 00:45:07","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:45:07","article":"\n
This year, Working Assets has joined forces with the Mainstreet Moms
and VoteTrustUSA to form Pollworkers for Democracy -- a non-partisan
effort to get more people involved in supporting our elections and our
democracy. We all need to get involved where it matters most --
working at the polls and preventing voter suppression on Election Day.
Click here to get involved or find out more about the program:
http:\/\/www.workingassets.com\/Californiapollworkers<\/a>
When you sign up with Pollworkers for Democracy, you'll be on the
front lines, running the election and being right there to monitor,
report, and even solve problems as they happen on Election Day.
It works like this: you contact your local elections office to sign up
as an official pollworker in your area. On November 7, you'll work at
a polling place in your community, and get paid! Pollworkers for
Democracy will provide you with additional information to supplement
your pollworker training, and also a system to track and report any
problems that occur at the polls.
Click here to sign up or learn more about Pollworkers for Democracy:
http:\/\/www.workingassets.com\/Californiapollworkers<\/a>
Your work as a pollworker will be integral to ensuring a fair election
where all voters are able to exercise their right to cast a ballot.
Volunteers who participated in the program in primary elections
earlier this year had the following comments:
• \"I knew more about the clerk's, assistant clerk's, opscan
inspector's and registrars' jobs than they did.\"
• \"There was a lot of confusion regarding when to hand out
provisional ballots. My experience helped the Clerk this time.\"
• \"It was a great idea to have us trained as pollworkers, rather
than pollwatchers. This way we can make sure the process is run
according to law and that votes are counted as accurately as
possible.\"
Can we count on your help with this extremely important project?
Click here for more information about being a pollworker in your
county:
http:\/\/www.workingassets.com\/Californiapollworkers<\/a>
Please share this message with all of your friends and neighbors in
California.
Thank you for working to build a better world.
Will Easton
Working Assets
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