We recognize the critical importance of ensuring that our elections are administered by effective and impartial local election officials and poll workers. This infrastructure, largely overlooked for decades, is imperative to running safe and secure elections. Unfortunately, in some states, more than half of local election officials have left their posts since 2020 due to a heightened climate of fear and harassment from bad actors as well as the mounting challenge of recruiting enough poll workers. These are our friends and neighbors performing an imperative public service – and they need our support.

It takes 1,000,000 poll workers to power approximately 117,000 polling locations in more than 3,000 counties across the country. Without enough nonpartisan (paid!) poll workers, our elections simply cannot operate. Join our Jewish community-wide effort to address critical staffing gaps and use our brand new custom-built toolkit (not to mention available funding!) to make an impact on elections in your community. We can do more when we do it together.

Full toolkit for partners available here!

You can also use this link to recruit poll workers across any county in the country.

Election officials – different from elected officials! – are the backbone of our elections. Unfortunately, in the past few years, more and more of these civil servants have been targeted with threats and harassment meant to either intimidate them or push them out of their jobs. The Jewish community can be a leading voice in countering this climate of intimidation by showing appreciation and support to make their job educating voters much, much easier. There are many ways to do this, and we’ve got your back with ideas and resources for reaching out to tour their facilities, sending thank you cards, and more.

Full toolkit for partners available here!