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Board of elections official tells committee poll‑worker protections and half‑day shifts would boost recruitment

5533652 · May 14, 2025
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A Putnam County Board of Elections member supported House Bill 180, saying protecting poll workers from adverse employment action and permitting half‑day shifts would expand the pool of election workers and help maintain bipartisan staffing at the more than 100,000 Ohio polling locations.

A Putnam County board of elections member told the House Commerce and Labor Committee that House Bill 180 would make it easier to recruit and retain poll workers by protecting them from adverse employment actions and allowing optional half‑day shifts.

Tony Schrader, a member of the Putnam County Board of Elections, said Ohio’s election administration depends on a large pool of citizen poll workers and that the…

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