Poll workers help to ensure honorable functioning of democracy

Recently, the Wayne County Board of Elections certified the results of the March primaries, showing 100% accuracy. They do a fabulous job of ensuring our elections are fair, reliable and honest.

I’ve been a poll worker for over two years. Our poll workers represent a variety of political views, but we all work together to ensure just elections. Recently, I was working with a young poll worker. I asked him why he was doing this. He said he wanted a way to serve his country.

You may not fully appreciate what our poll workers do. In addition to going through careful training, the workers are at the polling sites from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on election days. It is a long day, but we get plenty of breaks, and it is a satisfying way of serving our country.

If you are interested in being a poll worker contact the Wayne County Board of Elections at 330-287-5480. They can always use more. Ensuring the honorable functioning of our precious democracy makes it all worthwhile.

Kathy Helmuth, president, League of Women Voters of Wayne County, Wooster

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Poll workers serve to ensure just and fair election results