Poll workers step up amid Election Day machine outages and long shifts

Sending loud appreciative applause to poll workers. They deserve it.

Polls are officially open in Minnesota! Thanks to our dedicated poll workers, we have the safest, freest, and fairest elections in the nation. Make a plan and bring a friend: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov

I specifically asked for the peach voting sticker, and the poll worker asked why that one over the new one. I said, “I don’t do ugly.” She looked for one and handed it to me and said, “There ya go, baby.” And I knew she understood me. Diva. Icon. Hero.

1/2 🌅🗳️ Early start this morning in Malden as I begin my sixth time serving as a poll worker. 🇺🇸 I'm proud to stand alongside dedicated public servants, law enforcement officers, and volunteers from all walks of life in our community, helping to ensure a safe, accessible, and welcoming voting

MEH. We have an army of trained poll watchers and poll workers and there are 175,000+ precincts in 3200+ counties nationwide.

Georgia poll workers (at least in Fulton County, where I vote) are some of the best I've encountered!

Westchester poll workers are letting voters know that the machines are down, but voters can cast paper ballots that will be secured in orange ballot bags and securely supervision by bipartisan teams. Voters and poll workers are persevering together, but we need to keep getting out good information!

The thousands of poll workers at polling sites across Maryland spend long hours training, helping voters navigate elections and responding to unexpected challenges to ensure elections run smoothly. One worker said, simply, “it's my civic responsibility." marylandmatters.org/2026/11/03/p...

I want to thank all of the poll workers especially now more than ever. A thankless job of immense importance. We appreciate you

Shouts and thank yous to all poll workers giving their time today to keep our elections safe 🙌🏼

I’m gonna do a shift as a poll worker later today and I’m excited but also nervous. WHAT IF I SAY PEOPLE’S NAMES WRONG

There was a decent line at my polling place in Minneapolis this morning. Anecdotally, a LOT of same-day registrations. As usual, poll workers keeping everything running smoothly. (If you appreciate how well-run our elections are, may I humbly suggest you vote Steve Simon for Secretary of State? 🙂)

Hoping for good results for the various transit & rail ballot measures before voters today, especially Front Range Passenger Rail in Colorado and Measure RTM in the Bay Area. And thank your precinct poll workers! 🗳️🇺🇸

Westchester scanners choke on ballots printed too thick, in the bluest corner of Lawler's district, and Claudia Tenney instantly squeals that Democrats are cheating themselves out of their own votes. Paper record's intact. Stay in line and drop it in the bag.

under the american two-party system every ballot that’s handed out gets signed off on by one democratic poll worker and one republican poll worker, which means a peppy middle aged woman said “here you go Mr. Sophi!” while an old man refused to look at me i love american democracy