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Monday, January 14, 2008 Poll working- new extracurricular for Ohio college students? A recent proposal in Ohio would lift the residency requirement for the state’s poll workers in order to enable local college students to serve on Election Day. By doing so, proponents of the proposal argue that the state could tap into a huge supply of potential poll workers. Ohio State University, for example, has 50,000 students, a significant percentage of which are not Ohio residents. Ohio has struggled to recruit and retain poll workers in recent years. According to Doug Chapin, of the Pew Charitable Trust's electionline.org, “Lifting residency restrictions for student poll workers is likely to be a national trend as states contend with an aging legion of poll workers who average over 70 years old.” Read more here. Posted by Katie Clabby |
