Wanted: Older Adults to Serve as Poll Workers

About a million poll workers will participate on Election Day, reports Next Avenue . Many jurisdictions are still looking for people who would be willing to join the volunteers who assist their neighbors through the voting process. People 60 and over have traditionally answered the call to serve on Election Day in large numbers. According to the nonpartisan U.S. Election Assistance Commission, in 2016 more than half of the nation's poll worker population was over 60, with 32 percent of them aged 61-70 and another 24 percent aged 71 or older.