So what’s it like being a poll worker, anyway?

Elizabeth Hardison chatted with some poll workers about their jobs and what they do on Election Day:

Had a long talk with the judge of elections here at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, the polling place for twin precincts in uptown HBG. Robert Hawley said he’s got lots of new poll workers on the job today, but they’re managing in part thanks to the big volume of mail-in ballots pic.twitter.com/5TBWF94hFD

— Elizabeth Hardison (@elizhardison) June 2, 2020

Poll workers here make $130/day, he told me. We did the math and that works out just over $8/hr when taking into account set up and disassembly before and after polls close.

— Elizabeth Hardison (@elizhardison) June 2, 2020

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Also spoke with a woman named Shantay Gillespie, who came to vote with her very cute toddler son. “With everything going on, I made myself come out here. I have a baby so I have to think about the future.” Says she voted for Kevin Maxson, a Dem challenger to state Rep. Patty Kim

— Elizabeth Hardison (@elizhardison) June 2, 2020