Here is what I gleaned from a Sept. 1 zoom meeting.
Activities consist of two segments: 1)building a list by conducting interviews with the facilities in your area. The main purpose is to categorize each facility as to how difficult the election-day poll watching will be; i.e. will the staff be agreeable to your presence, is there a probability of voting fraud taking place. 2)doing the actual poll-watching on election day. Presumably, a volunteer would be encouraged to perform both the above activities, but not required to do so.
Training will be provided.
Be nice but firm with the facility staff members, on election day.
A great way to put facility staff at ease is to mention “my job here is to put the public at ease with the knowledge that the election is transparent. Your work here is greatly appreciated, and I don’t intend to interfere or be obstinate.”
Rest home poll watching is somewhat easier than precinct poll watching, since you are dealing with, at most, a few hundred voters rather than several thousand.
The duties on election day will consist of: 1)observing the interaction between partially incapacitated, elderly voters, and the individuals who are assisting them to vote. 2)inspecting signature sheet to ensure all signatures are for current residents of the facility.
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