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In reply to the discussion: Baltimore’s Election Results Are Decertified as State Investigation Is Launched [View all]Boomer
(4,167 posts)Our training consisted of one evening watching a short video, plus asking questions. We were, thank god, handed a fairly good manual that I read several times over before showing up on election day. But the entire process is complicated, tedious and frustrating. It's also exhausting since it usually involves 14-hour days.
In my area, most of the poll workers are elderly because 1) they have the time to spend and 2) they need the extra money. The plus is that many of them have been doing this for years, so there's hopefully some continuity in each poll team (5 workers, with at least two from the opposite party).
Overall, the process worked pretty well and the inevitable errors were caught and corrected. What happened to the votes after we turned them in... well, that I can't vouch for.