Common Cause/NY Encourages Young People to Work the Polls in November

+ State Sen. Julia Salazar, AM Nily Rozic, CM Antonio Reynoso

NEW YORK, NY (08/31/2020) (readMedia)-- September 1st, 2020 is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day and Common Cause/NY will hold a press conference encouraging young people to sign up to work the polls in November. As young elected leaders, State Senator Julia Salazar, Assemblymember Nily Rozic, Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, and newly elected District Leader Emilia Decaudin will join too, as well as members of Generation Vote who've already signed up to be poll workers.

According to the Pew Research Center, around six-in-ten U.S. poll workers (58%) are over 61 years old, including roughly a quarter (27%) of whom are over 70. Many declined to work the 2020 primaries out of fear of contracting COVID-19, requiring some states to close down poll sites.

This event will also be live streamed on https://www.facebook.com/CommonCauseNewYork/

WHO:

State Senator Julia Salazar, youngest woman elected to the State Senate

Assemblymember Nily Rozic, youngest woman elected to the State Assembly

Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, one of the youngest Members elected to the City Council

District Leader Emilia Decaudin, one of the youngest member of the State Committee

Members of GenVote

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY

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WHAT:

 September 1st, 2020 is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day and Common Cause/NY will hold a press conference encouraging young people to sign up to work the polls in November. As young elected leaders, State Senator Julia Salazar, Assemblymember Nily Rozic, Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, and newly elected District Leader Emilia Decaudin will join too, as well as members of Generation Vote who’ve already signed up to be poll workers.
WHEN: Saturday August 01, 2020 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Outside the Board of Elections
42 Broadway
Manhattan, New York
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