Poll workers can be hard to find. In Nebraska, election officials can draft them
Nebraska has a unique solution to staffing elections: It allows counties to draft workers. Omaha’s Douglas County is the only one to regularly use it. Here’s how the jury duty-like system works.
OMAHA, Neb. Joe Ricceri is busy preparing for the general election with the Douglas County Election Commission. Right now, he works at the customer service desk. But on Election Day, hell be a distri…