Ohio National Guardsmen may serve at polls [View all]
State Rep. Thomas West, D-Canton, has asked Gov. Mike DeWine to consider making Ohio National Guardsmen available to serve as poll workers.
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The legislator said it disturbed him that only about three months before the election, 54% of about 1,000 respondents to a Stark County Board of Elections survey said they wanted to return for the Nov. 3 election.
“We just thought it would be great for (National Guardsmen) to protect one of the greatest freedoms we have, and that’s voting,” West said. “We need to make certain that we need to have the necessary people ... deployed so we could have a fair and free and accessible election. And we don’t have to worry about reducing the number of polling locations because we don’t have as many people manning the polls.”
A large percentage of past poll workers are elderly retirees who are considered vulnerable to the most severe symptoms of COVID-19. Boards of Election staff worry that many will decline to work Nov. 3.
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