MT election team celebrates National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
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News from MT Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen
HELENA — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen joined thousands of election officials nationwide on Thursday to celebrate National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. Established by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), National Poll Worker Recruitment Day seeks to promote civic participation and ensure the integrity, security, and transparency of elections.
“Our elections depend on thousands of Montana residents—people who may include your family, friends, or neighbors—stepping up to serve as poll workers,” said Secretary Jacobsen. “Poll workers help ensure that every eligible voter can participate in our elections and that exercising your right to vote is simple, fair, and secure.”
Secretary Jacobsen also released a new poll worker video in the Montana Election Education Video Series, which can be viewed by clicking the featured image above.
Poll workers play a crucial role in providing a great election experience for Montana voters. State and local election officials depend on poll workers for tasks such as running polling places, greeting voters, explaining election procedures, and much more. County election offices provide thorough training to poll workers ahead of Election Day.
In Montana, poll workers must be at least 18 years old and registered voters in the county where they will serve. Rules also prohibit candidates on the ballot and certain relatives of those candidates from serving as poll workers. For more information, Montanans are encouraged to visit the poll worker resources page on: VoteMT.gov (https://votemt.gov/serve-as-a-poll-worker/).
“As the Montana Election Team prepares for November’s historic General Election, it’s essential that all 56 Montana counties have a sufficient number of poll workers to provide our family, friends, and neighbors with an election they can be proud of,” said Secretary Jacobsen. We’re grateful for the thousands of Montanans across the state who dedicate their time to serving as poll workers this fall.”
“Thanks for voting, Montana,” she added.
