Poll Workers Will Be on the Ballot in the Pennsylvania Primary. Here's How You Can Become a Candidate
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.
Some small New England states have elected town officials who oversee polling places as part of their job. But Pennsylvania takes this exercise in democracy to another level, with elections for three out of the five people who staff each polling place: the judge of elections, as well as the majority and minority inspectors. With more than 9,000 precincts across the state, this means upwards of 27,000 positions are up for election this year.
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