A List for Poll Workers

By: Kathy Gerber
Published On: 11/6/2006 8:56:19 PM

1.  Be smiley and friendly!
2.  Take sample ballots and information on ISSUES!
3.  Have information on all three amendments because you will be asked. 
4.  Take an umbrella.
5.  Wear warm clothes (layers).
6.  Take pens, pencils and paper.
7.  Charge your cell phone.
8.  Have a phone number list.
9.  Take a book to read in case it gets slow.
10. Take along your yard signs and plant them.
11. A camp chair and an extra one if you have it.
12. A page of voters' rights and responsibilities.
13. Something to eat and drink.
14. Know the rules - e.g., no political t-shirts or stickers inside the polls, and know the boundaries.
15. Inside workers cross check against the absentee list carefully and frequently.
16. Make sure your inside and outside people understand about provisional ballots.
17. If you have leftover lapel stickers or balloons take them for children.

Anything else?


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