Collin County is putting roughly 1,100 poll workers through training this month before early voting opens Oct. 19, county officials told NBC 5 on Thursday.
Those workers will run more than 40 early voting sites countywide for the Nov. 3 general election, according to the officials. Early voting runs through Oct. 30, and applications for a mail ballot must be received by Oct. 23, according to the Texas Secretary of State.
Training before every election
The sessions walk workers through checking in voters, confirming registration information and handling problems that come up at the polls. Because procedures and state election law keep changing, officials said, workers are retrained before each election, not just once.
"Any time you change even what would appear to be a small election process or procedure, it's a big ship to turn," Collin County Elections Administrator Kaleb Breaux told the station.
That applies to veterans, too. Kirk Robicheaux, an election worker since 1998 who has served as a judge for over 15 years, NBC 5 reported, and he still sits through training each cycle. "I'm definitely waiting to hear those things that have changed," he said. The goal, he said, is to make sure every ballot is "cast completely and accurately."
