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NJ Election Officials Hope Pay Raise Will Bring in More Poll Workers

By P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Published October 16, 2021 at 3:58 PM EDT
National Guardsman Tim Rzemyk helps out at a polling place in Camden during the New Jersey primary election.
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National Guardsman Tim Rzemyk helps out at a polling place in Camden during the New Jersey primary election.

County election officials in New Jersey hope that raising the pay of election workers will entice more people to sign up and work the polls. WHYY’s Kenneth Burns reports.

(Original air-date: 10/13/21)
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P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Kenneth Burns is WHYY’s South Jersey reporter. He joined the station in 2018 as an anchor. He also contributed stories and won a 2020 Keystone Media Award for one of them.
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