Not enough candidates run for elected poll worker positions in Pennsylvania

[RandySF]

You know those workers at the polling place who help you cast your ballot each election? There are elections for them, too.

This year, voters across Pennsylvania will have a chance to choose the people who will staff their polling locations for the next four years.

In most states, these workers are appointed, but in Pennsylvania, the people who oversee voting at the precinct level are elected officials with four-year terms.

Historians say it has been this way since 1799, and according to data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Pennsylvania is the only state that does it quite like this.



https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03/pennsylvania-poll-worker-shortage-election-jobs/