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Middlesex County elections staff says training slots sufficient but seeks more poll workers in some towns
Summary
Elections staff told the Middlesex County Board of Elections the poll-worker training schedule is set and should cover expected need, but public commenters and local party chairs urged more recruiting — especially 30 Republican poll clerks in Woodbridge — and suggested wider publicity and transit access to the elections office.
The Middlesex County Board of Elections on a routine meeting reported that poll-worker training will begin next week and officials said they have scheduled more training slots than the number of workers expected to require full retraining.
Elections administrator Linda (surname not specified) told the board that ‘‘we don't have as many people needing the full work training this cycle than we have in the past couple of years’’ because many workers were automatically retrained with the poll book rollout. She said the office scheduled enough slots ‘‘for new and existing poll workers to train twice that amount,’’ and that training will continue up to the Saturday before the election with an open house the Sunday before the election for workers who want to review equipment.
Staff member Steve (surname not…
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