By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON – Midterm elections are not coming until November 2026, but counties both local and across the nation are now recruiting the poll workers needed to greet the public on Election Day and help them cast their ballots.
West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner said recently that the Mountain State and others across the country are dealing with a shortage of poll workers. During last year’s General Election, there were counties that had to fill poll vacancies at the last minute.
To avoid not having enough poll workers during state and national elections, more need to be recruited and trained, Warner said. To help with this effort, National Poll Worker Recruitment Day will take place on Aug. 12.
Poll workers are not volunteers, Mercer County Clerk Verlin Moye said Tuesday.
