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In case you missed it, the media is taking notice of Republicans’ historic poll worker recruitment effort. The Cambridge News-Deerfield Independent reported that in Dane County alone, more Republicans will be serving at the polls than ever – representing just one area of our work alongside grassroots activists that resulted in around 5,000 poll workers recruited statewide.

According to the story:

Election workers with ties to the Republican Party will have a greater presence at local polls this year and next.

Dane County saw a five-fold increase in Republican Party-affiliated poll worker applicants for the 2022-2023 election cycle, according to county party leadership.

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Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said in an interview that its statewide recruiting did uptick in advance of the Nov. 30 deadline to submit names, with a resulting statewide increase in applications.

In the end, he said about 5,000 people affiliated with the Republican Party applied to be poll workers in Wisconsin for the 2022-23 election cycle. He said about one-third of those applied through the state party’s website and their names were forwarded to their county parties, that are statutorily the ones responsible for submitting lists of names to municipalities.

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin did not respond to repeated emails on whether it had seen a similar statewide increase in recruiting and interest among its members.

Poll workers are the first line of defense for election integrity, so recruiting poll workers is a priority as we work to ensure free, fair, and secure elections. Thank you to our grassroots activists and county party leaders for partnering with us on this successful initiative!

While the statutory deadline for county parties to submit poll workers has passed, some local clerks may take new applicants on a rolling basis. If you are interested in becoming a poll worker to help ensure election integrity in your community, you can sign up on our website here. To read about the Republican Party of Wisconsin’s ongoing election integrity efforts, visit our Election Integrity Dashboard here.

- Team WisGOP