{"id":133001,"date":"2024-07-23T19:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=133001"},"modified":"2024-07-23T19:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T23:40:05","slug":"poll-workers-needed-for-upcoming-presidential-election-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=133001","title":{"rendered":"Poll Workers Needed for Upcoming Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton County Elections Office is actively recruiting registered voters residing in the County to serve in poll worker positions for the upcoming General Election on Tuesday, November 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Poll workers play a crucial role in facilitating elections in Northampton County. Their responsibilities include checking in voters at polling locations and setting them up with a ballot. After the polls close, poll workers are responsible for delivering returns to county election officials. Their dedication ensures that our elections are fair, accurate, and legal.<\/p>\n<p>New poll workers are provided training prior to the General Election and paid for their training time and work on Election Day. Northampton County poll workers may earn between $175 and $200 for serving all of Election Day, depending on the poll worker\u2019s assignments and training. Typical Election Day hours are from 6:00 a.m. until after the polls close at 8 p.m. Individuals who bring supplies back to the Government Center receive additional compensation and mileage.<\/p>\n<p>Registered voters interested in becoming poll workers in your community can email the Northampton County Elections Office at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:election@norcopa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>election@norcopa.gov<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or call 610-829-6260.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The PA Election Code also permits high school students 17 years of age to serve at the polls in specific capacities.\u00a0Any 17-year-old high school student interested should complete\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0013AZNn5bzg6p6FnfXHq2iVHsCKHQtalJR96SFD-oaYTYWNm8grXsQSuEFU2QLY_tSlCusXNTjXB_F4m8OYc2LAO_9e8R3wbILczKXZr0h9nC6apdwT8cUJSkMjSBVHw1YTkqWecSSoUoeIbYNakAsetb753lMw43A-U262fW4NMexd36Pe3YBdPOAj0EL0mJTkUndE7U7kp3iCqcFMScE-H-XQlNAnOI6vFQ9zZDcBT3xNCdQoKzSp-yxczksAgTU11Br4c8fTjdguGQE3ffHggzZoo4qORhMtYrhcfHnE6c=&amp;c=zbGXKg7Fi4G9SZiOQuFW8sD3P45DbmvQvrN8xEbwFCW106ZXFGS0bg==&amp;ch=CriNOHCahyzluwejkfDzAW4aCNjs6v1gvoBXqs4FkzM0VrY-rqJ-Iw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>this form<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and return it to the Elections Office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our democracy increases in strength the more we all participate.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nCounty of Northampton<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton County Elections Office is actively recruiting registered voters residing in the County to serve in poll worker positions for the upcoming General Election on Tuesday, November 5th. Poll workers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=133001\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poll Workers Needed for Upcoming Presidential Election<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nc-vote.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}