Incorrect Email to Poll Worker Volunteers

On Wednesday, September 23rd, Cleveland.com reported that the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections mistakenly sent out an email to an unknown number of people who’d signed up to be poll workers on Nov. 3, saying that their services were not required. In fact, Cuyahoga County still needs about 1,000 poll workers: according to their website, each Election Day requires more than 4,500 people to help staff the polls, transport ballots and materials, and maintain political balance.

Law Library staff reached out to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to ask what poll worker volunteers should do if they received the email telling them their services were not required. The response from the Board of Elections was “If you previously applied (and receiving the emails is confirmation that you did), we have your applications and we will be processing them. There is no need to apply again.”

For more information about this year’s election, including how to sign up to be a poll worker, check out C|M|LAW’s Voting Resource Guide.