The governor's order makes it easier for jobless people to work for state and local election boards — as long as they're paid $504 or less each week.
Many people who normally take on jobs as poll workers are in higher-risk groups for the coronavirus, leading to fears of a widespread shortage of poll workers. Here, New York City Board of Election employees and volunteers help voters at the Brooklyn Museum polling site during the New York Democratic presidential primary in June.Many people who normally take on jobs as poll workers are in higher-risk groups for the coronavirus, leading to fears of a widespread shortage of poll workers.
The order, which Cuomo signed as part of a recent extension of New York's COVID-19 pandemic emergency, is. It applies to any work that jobless people perform for state and local election boards — as long as they earn $504 or less each week. A large contingent of people who normally take on jobs as poll workers are of retirement age, meaning they're also in higher-risk groups for the coronavirus. Many of them are staying away from the polls this year, leading election officials to worry that some locations could be closed or severely understaffed, in an election season that has drawn intense interest.
During the primaries that were held earlier this year, some precincts around the U.S. were sharply reduced or consolidated due to the pandemic. In one famous example, polling places inThe desperate national call for poll workers has resulted in more than 500,000 people signing up to help, according to the advocacy group
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