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State Bar & Bar Associations

Sep. 11, 2020

Lawyers, it’s time to step up to the plate and be poll workers

Lawyers, this is your cue: It’s time to step up to the plate. Especially young lawyers and law students.

Patricia Lee Refo

President
American Bar Association

This election year is unlike any previous election year in our lifetime -- and not just because of the presidential race.

Every year, election officials struggle to find enough poll workers. This year, the problem is exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Poll workers tend to be older men and women -- exactly the people most at risk from COVID-19. Understandably, many are reluctant to serve this year, and there may well be a short...

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