US is facing a poll worker shortage -- new campaign hopes to recruit veterans to fill the gap
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“We saw a big connection between the military family community and the veterans’ community and the need to protect different facets of democracy,” said Gustafson, whose husband is in the Navy and whose grandfather was in the Coast Guard. “We volunteer at a higher rate -- we obviously know how to deal with complex situations and work together across many different boundaries to sort of accomplish amazing things.”
Originally published August 12, 2022