About 70% of election officials said they had a hard time recruiting poll workers in 2018, compared with less than half in 2008 and 2012.
In Wisconsin and nationally, less than one-fifth of poll workers were younger than 41 in the most recent data, while more than two-thirds were 61 or older.
“When the polling place staff look like you, it’s a more welcoming environment,” said Mike Quieto, assistant clerk in Madison. Minneapolis has used student poll workers since the 1990s but expanded the program in recent years, hiring a part-time staff person who focuses entirely on student workers. They lean on school staff and students who coordinate recruitment in some schools.
About 44% of the student poll workers spoke two or more languages, and most of those students reported using their language skills to assist voters.
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