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Staffing our democracy in the COVID era  

WHEN WE LEARNED that there was a high likelihood of a poll-worker shortage stemming from COVID-19, advocacy organizations like MassVOTE , Common Cause Massachusetts, and Scholars Strategy Network joined forces to address it. Traditionally, poll workers are older than the general public, disproportionately female, and most have served as poll workers in previous elections, so they bring institutional knowledge to the […]