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Two voters from the West Pittston 3rd Ward arrived at the polls at 7 p.m. with no waiting for an open machine. Poll worker Clark Switzer, right, stands by the ballot machine waiting to load the two ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An elections board in northwest Ohio reversed course Tuesday, rescinding a rule that tied poll worker eligibility to views on voting machines. Seneca County’s Board of Elections ...

Mail ballots are sorted and counted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Election Day November 2022. When Pennsylvania holds its 2025 municipal election on Nov. 4, thousands of poll workers will ensure that ...

Uncle Sam wants you for this year’s general election. New poll workers are in high demand, according to Matt Finfgeld, director of the Richland County Board of Elections. “Poll workers are the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio law sets a few basic qualifications for election workers: be a county resident, a registered voter, and have no felony convictions. But in Seneca County, officials added another ...

Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on ...

Georgia lawmakers are being urged to quickly decide on a new voting system before a July 1 deadline. The state's current voting machines, which use QR codes, will be outlawed, requiring a new method.