Lady Liberty is coming to town; you might spot her on the side of the bus or in your daily newspaper, beckoning you to \u201cGive a Day to Democracy.\u201d The 12-foot-long bus banners \u2013 along with print, online, radio and television ads \u2013 are part of an eight-week multimedia and multicultural advertising campaign the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters\u2019 Office kicked off this week. It is a call to action and a recruitment effort, spurred by the agency\u2019s need for over 5,000 volunteer poll workers to serve in 849 polling places for the Nov. 6, 2018 General Election.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to evoke everyone\u2019s love of country and sense of patriotism to serve the voters\u2019 needs on Election Day,\u201d said Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey. \u201cService as a poll worker is a tremendous opportunity to give back to the community and support our democracy\u2019s most essential freedom, the right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poll workers will be stationed at polling places throughout the County on Election Day to answer procedural questions and otherwise help voters exercise their voting rights.<\/p>\n
Bilingual volunteers are needed in 19 different languages, including Spanish, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Tagalog, Korean, Russian, Farsi, Punjabi, Japanese, Hindi, Telugu, Portuguese, Khmer, Syriac, Tamil, Gujarati and Nepali. English-only volunteers also are needed.<\/p>\n
Anyone can be a poll worker as long as they are a U.S. citizen and registered voter, a legal permanent resident 18 or older, or a high school student who is at least 16 years old and has both parental and principal permission. Poll workers will receive a stipend of up to $200 for their services, with a bonus for being bilingual. Training is provided and classes are filling up.<\/p>\n
Those interested in volunteering are urged to act immediately by calling the Poll Worker Hotline at 1-408-918-9140, by e-mailing pollworker@rov.sccgov.org<\/a>, or by applying online at sccvote.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Media outlets that would like to capture footage of poll worker recruitment or training should call the Registrar of Voters\u2019 media line at 408-282-3008.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lady Liberty is coming to town; you might spot her on the side of the bus or in your daily newspaper, beckoning you to \u201cGive a Day to Democracy.\u201d The 12-foot-long bus banners \u2013 along with print, online, radio and television ads \u2013 are part of an eight-week multimedia and multicultural advertising campaign the Santa…<\/p>\n