Collected Item: “Essential Business Continuity Stipend – November 3, 2020 Election”
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Essential Business Continuity Stipend – November 3, 2020 Election
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This is a letter I got in the mail from the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar, that was sent to anyone in the county who worked at the polls on "the four days prior to or on Election Day". The letter accompanied a $100 stipend that the county was able to provide to election workers for the November general election because they received a grant from The Center for Tech and Civic Life.
The following is an excerpt from the letter that mentions the challenges COVID provided to election working:
"I want to personally thank you for being a key part of our Election team and for helping to keep voting safe, secure, and convenient under the uncertain conditions of a global pandemic. Your service as an Election Worker ensured that every voter who showed up to the polls was helped with ease and accuracy and that our ballots were processed securely and accurately.
The November 3, 2020 election included many new challenges and obstacles that we had never faced. We overcame them together and had a very successful Presidential Election. You did a great ["great" is bolded and underlined] job – from learning our new electronic poll books, to taking the necessary precautions with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and social distancing."
The following is an excerpt from the letter that mentions the challenges COVID provided to election working:
"I want to personally thank you for being a key part of our Election team and for helping to keep voting safe, secure, and convenient under the uncertain conditions of a global pandemic. Your service as an Election Worker ensured that every voter who showed up to the polls was helped with ease and accuracy and that our ballots were processed securely and accurately.
The November 3, 2020 election included many new challenges and obstacles that we had never faced. We overcame them together and had a very successful Presidential Election. You did a great ["great" is bolded and underlined] job – from learning our new electronic poll books, to taking the necessary precautions with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and social distancing."
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Contra Costa County, California, San Francisco Bay Area, #SanFranciscoBayArea, election, poll worker, stipend, Center for Tech and Civic Life, PPE, electronic poll book, uncertainty, accuracy, ease, challenge, obstacle, presidential election, 2020 election, letter
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Debi Cooper
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2021-01-19