Statewide Iowa — Election Day is now four weeks away, and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says efforts to recruit more poll workers for elections during the pandemic are appearing to pay off.
Pate says the idea was to protect some of the older workers and have more people available to help out. He says some counties still face some issues, like having a balance of Democrat and Republican workers.
Pate spoke during a voting machine test with Polk County Elections Director John Chiodo. Polk County has the most residents and Chiodo says the extra poll worker recruiting has helped.
Pate says the general elections coming up are big, but there are other elections throughout the year where they need workers.
Pate says you can help by thinking ahead before election day.
He says if the auditor doesn’t have your ballot on election day it won’t be counted.
You can track your absentee ballot on the Secretary of State’s website at https://sos.iowa.gov.
