"Poll workers are the foot soldiers of our democracy," said Brunner, Ohio's chief elections officer. "Proper training is essential for poll workers in an elections environment that has become more complex."
The online training program, paid for partly with grant funding through the Pew Charitable Trusts, is free and voluntary for county elections boards and is intended to provide a uniform supplement to elections boards' current poll-worker training program.
The public can view the training program online. Those preparing to become poll workers, however, will participate in the program through a dedicated Web site through their county elections board.
The online training program provides basic information that applies to all poll workers including voter identification requirements and instructions regarding provisional balloting as well as information on voting systems used in Ohio.
