Front-line poll workers lauded on Election Day
Across the country, images of poll workers decked out in full personal protective equipment during this unusual election are garnering applause on social media.


In Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters earlier this week that 52,000 Georgians volunteered to be poll workers this election, even in the middle of a pandemic, and later on urged voters to "show grace" to those helping to usher in record turnout.
Meanwhile in Ohio, Secretary of State Frank LaRose said on the “Powerhouse Politics” podcast Monday that the state recruited a "whole new generation" of poll workers ahead of the 2020 vote.
“That's been a huge success. 56,000 Ohioans have volunteered and been trained to be poll workers. That's far and away above previous numbers,” he said. “37,000 is really the bare minimum that we need, but we wanted to go 50% above that. So we've got 56,000 poll workers trained and ready to go.”
In Michigan, the Pistons are lending their facility to receive ballots, while all employees are given a paid day off this Election Day in order to vote and serve as poll workers. Michigan has also worked to recruit multilingual poll workers to assist voters as part of a new effort to make voting more accessible.
-ABC News' Kendall Karson




