State encourages voters to be poll workers for November General Election

In honor of Help America Vote Day today, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh M. Chapman is encouraging eligible Pennsylvanians to serve as poll workers for the Nov. 8 election.

“It takes thousands of poll workers staffing the more than 9,000 voting locations to make safe and secure elections happen in the commonwealth,” Chapman said. “Poll workers are your friends, family members and neighbors, and they come from all walks of life to make democracy a reality.”

Help America Vote Day is the creation of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), an independent, bipartisan commission charged with “developing guidance to meet the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration.”

This year, the EAC designated Aug. 16 as Help America Vote Day, a day of action to assist poll worker recruitment efforts nationwide.

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