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U.S. Short 500,000 Poll Workers

HeadlineNov 01, 2004

The newly formed Election Assistance Commission officially announced yesterday that the country will likely have 500,000 fewer poll workers than needed for tomorrow’s elections. The Commission called on businesses to allow employees take the day off from work so they could work at the polls.

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