Guidebook for Recruiting College Poll Workers

摘要

This guidebook was developed to help address this congressional directive and is the result of a 17-month applied research study commissioned by the EAC. It was implemented by Cleveland State University with input from a project working group and three pilot project sites that were partnerships between local colleges and universities and local election offices. This guidebook offers a collection of practical and successful methods of recruiting, training, and retaining college studentsan important category of poll workers. This guidebook describes the particular strengths these energetic and enthusiastic young voters bring to the task and the field-tested strategies for designing and running a college poll worker program; it also lists the challenges inherent in working with college students.