{"id":37566,"date":"2024-07-23T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=37566"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T14:29:14","slug":"elections-poll-worker-being-recruited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/elections-poll-worker-being-recruited\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections  Poll Worker Being Recruited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami-Dade County Elections Department is recruiting poll workers for the Aug. 20 primary and the Nov. 5 elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants can serve as inspectors, which greet voters and ensure they have proper identification, or poll deputies, which set up polling locations and guide voters to ballot tables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe more poll workers we have, the more polling locations we have open and the more access people have to exercise their right to vote,\u201d said Melissa Lau, grant coordinator of the Institute of Civic Engagement and Democracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) Form and a four-hour training, speak English and be United States citizens and registered to vote. They will earn a $200 stipend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To apply, visit <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3S9zQf3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3S9zQf3<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The deadline for the August primaries is July 22 and Oct. 7 for the November elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, contact Miami-Dade County\u2019s poll worker recruitment division at <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:pwrecruitment@miamidade.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pwrecruitment@miamidade.gov<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or (305) 499-8448.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami-Dade County Elections Department is recruiting poll workers for the Aug. 20 primary and the Nov. 5 elections. 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