Today is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, and the Rays have marked the occasion by launching the Rays up the Vote website, with all kinds of information for voters. The team has also announced that its employees will have November 3 as a paid holiday, to encourage employees to vote or to sign up to work the polls.
Why has recruitment of poll workers become an important issue this year? Every election year, county supervisor of elections offices must recruits thousands of workers who help voters cast their ballots. Here in Florida, our counties all run several early voting sites, usually providing some two weeks of voting hours leading up to election day.