Poll workers and party leaders urge training and raise SB 189, ADA and voter-roll concerns during DeKalb elections public comment

Public commenters at the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections meeting pressed the newly seated board to prioritize poll-worker orientation and training, raised accessibility and ballot-counting concerns tied to state law changes, and urged more active maintenance and review of the voter roll.

Janet Grant, a DeKalb resident who said she serves as an area manager responsible for 10 precincts in the Decatur area, congratulated the new appointees and recommended that new board members participate in the same poll-manager training used for poll managers and consider working during the November election to learn the process first-hand.

“Until I was a poll manager and actually worked in election, I had no idea of the complexity of the process and the thorough system of checks and balances that are in place,” Grant said.

Michael Beach,…