ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — The November election is just over two months away, and the Orangeburg County Voter Registration Office needs about 20 to 30 more poll workers.
There are a few requirements; poll workers should be able to lift at least 30 pounds, must be over 16 years old, and if they are over 18 need to be a registered South Carolina voter.
The voter registration office will be providing poll workers both online and in-person training that is expected to last between two and three hours.
Aurora Smalls is the director at the Orangeburg County Voter Registration Office. Due to unforeseen circumstances poll workers might not show up on election day and she says having back ups helps things run smoother.
“We’re looking for those workers for backups because you just never know at this point in time we think we have enough but life happens so there’s sometimes death in the family, poll workers get sick and maybe a job where they cant work for some reason," said Smalls. "So we need to have backups to make sure have enough workers on election day. And there’s always call outs and sometime its just not the workers fault that they are not able to work.”
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If you are interested in working the polls on election day you can email the Orangeburg County Voter Registration Office at voters@orangeburgcounty.org or visit their website here.