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People are volunteering to be poll workers in record numbers in Philly and the suburbs
Samantha Connell laughed in disbelief at the automated text message that flashed across her phone earlier this month:
“Philadelphia County is hiring folks to check-in voters and make sure the elections run smoothly here on Nov. 3rd. Are you interested?”
For weeks, Connell, 32, had repeatedly called her local elections office to confirm whether she had been selected as a poll worker. But she kept getting busy tone after busy tone — at least 25 times over several weeks — until she got through, and got the job.
“I was like, ‘Are you sure?’ ” she joked about the text message that came not long after.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/poll-workers-volunteers-philadelphia-suburbs-20201019.html
