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<v Speaker 2>It's coming to an eighty forty two fifty five KRCD

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<v Speaker 2>talk station. It's time for early voting, and it's also

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<v Speaker 2>time to do the the regular shout out for the

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<v Speaker 2>need of poll workers. Sherry Polland from the Hamil County

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<v Speaker 2>Board of Elections, welcome back to the fifty five KRC

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<v Speaker 2>Morning Show. It's always nice having you on.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Brian, thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>Has there ever been a year, I mean we have

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like early elections, we've got the fall elections,

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<v Speaker 2>we have on your elections, we have off your elections.

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<v Speaker 2>Has there ever been a year that you can remember

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<v Speaker 2>where you didn't need poll workers?

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, no, We always put the call out for

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<v Speaker 4>poll workers. You know, Presidential elections are are actually the

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<v Speaker 4>easiest election to recruit poll workers because there's such a

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<v Speaker 4>high interest in the election. But even then, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we recruit over and above what we need because the

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<v Speaker 4>turnout is so high and we know things can happen

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<v Speaker 4>and people might might drop at the last minute. So

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<v Speaker 4>we're always putting out the shout out for poll workers.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, in an off cycle election that may be a

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<v Speaker 2>better time if you've never worked the polls because the

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<v Speaker 2>pressure's off. There aren't people lined around the corner to

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<v Speaker 2>come in and vote, so not as much work to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know it's always a really nice experience. My

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<v Speaker 2>wife did it for years and years and years, and

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<v Speaker 2>everyone gets along and plays nicely and you know, resolve

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<v Speaker 2>problems and it's I think it's just a rewarding way

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<v Speaker 2>to serve the community.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh I, you know, one thousand percent agree. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a great way to serve your community and to

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<v Speaker 4>find out a little bit more about how elections are administered.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, that's been a hot topic in recent years

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<v Speaker 4>across their country, and I think, you know, what a

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<v Speaker 4>better way to learn how it works than to actually

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<v Speaker 4>be a part of it. So it's a great experience.

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<v Speaker 4>They poll workers are paid for their time. They make

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<v Speaker 4>a minimum of two hundred and twenty five dollars, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>so it's a nice little a nice little paycheck for

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<v Speaker 4>serving your community.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's the total.

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<v Speaker 4>Amount of pay. They do have to come for training

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<v Speaker 4>at our Board of Elections. We offer those classes, you know, mornings, afternoons,

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<v Speaker 4>evenings and saturdays, so don't fit anyone's schedules, so they

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<v Speaker 4>do have to attend in person training and then they

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<v Speaker 4>go to their assigned polling place the night before election

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<v Speaker 4>day Monday night, and set up and then work election day.

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<v Speaker 4>And for all of that work they're paid two hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and twenty five dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's I think it's more about the experience,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, you know, it would be a great idea

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, there's a lot of folks, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes in my listening audience, but generally in the public,

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<v Speaker 2>they have very little faith in the the election integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think if you serve as a poll worker,

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<v Speaker 2>it might go a long way to prove that perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>you're wrong along those lines.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's what I was mentioning before.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's a great way to find out, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>how elections work, and.

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<v Speaker 1>The poll workers play such a crucial role.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we have a staff here at the Board

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<v Speaker 4>of Elections, you know, forty four full time employees and

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<v Speaker 4>then we hire seasonal employees and they really get, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>an inside look at it. But we're not the faces

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<v Speaker 4>of the board, you know, to the general public. It's

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<v Speaker 4>the poll workers that are, you know, the ones that

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<v Speaker 4>are out in the community. Administering the election are actually

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<v Speaker 4>the faces of the Board of Elections to the community,

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<v Speaker 4>and so you know, we need good people to come

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<v Speaker 4>out and fill those roles.

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<v Speaker 1>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Along those lines, I want to thank you and the

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<v Speaker 2>folks at the Hamilton County Board of Elections. I've voted

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<v Speaker 2>early there and I vote an election day. You guys

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<v Speaker 2>do a great job. It is a well oiled machine.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there have been days when it was I

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<v Speaker 2>think on the last presidential election we did early voting

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<v Speaker 2>and you know there's that line out the door and

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<v Speaker 2>you get you roll your eyes like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be standing here all day long. No, you

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<v Speaker 2>move right through. You process the folks very quickly. It's

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<v Speaker 2>efficient and you know it's serviced with a smile. So

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<v Speaker 2>I salute the work that you're doing there.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh thank you. I appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, there's a lot of hard work that goes in,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, to set up that early vote center and

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<v Speaker 4>make sure that it's running, you know, efficiently and securely,

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<v Speaker 4>and our team works really hard on doing that. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we do mock elections where we have our staff go

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<v Speaker 4>and vote test ballots because we really want to test

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<v Speaker 4>the system, test our processes, and like you said, voting

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<v Speaker 4>with a smile. You know, we believe that if voters

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<v Speaker 4>have a good experience while casting their ballot, that they're

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<v Speaker 4>more likely to believe in the outcome and in the

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<v Speaker 4>integrity of the election. So we work really hard at that.

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<v Speaker 4>So thank you for recognizing.

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<v Speaker 2>It just shows and that's why I wanted to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure I did. Thank you for that that excellent service.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we do have the special election primary election May sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>and early voting is going on. Now, what's your finger

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<v Speaker 2>on the pulse of the of the number of people voting?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it normal? Is it low? Is it as expected

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of people don't vote in these in

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<v Speaker 2>these primary and special elections.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's it's low. It's been a low turnout so far.

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<v Speaker 4>That is to be expected. Something that's a little different

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<v Speaker 4>about this spring election is that there is a state

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<v Speaker 4>wide issue on the ballot issue too, So yeah, issue too.

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<v Speaker 4>So every voter in the state of Ohio has something

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<v Speaker 4>to vote for, something to vote on this election.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a little that's a little different.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, a lot of times in odd numbered years

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<v Speaker 4>in the spring, it's usually not even a county wide election. Right,

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<v Speaker 4>it's usually just a few political subdivisions having an election,

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<v Speaker 4>but this may everyone has something to vote on with

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<v Speaker 4>state issue too, so we encourage people to to you know,

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<v Speaker 4>to go on to our website vote Hamilton County, Ohio

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<v Speaker 4>dot GUV. They can take a look at their sample ballot,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, read over the ballot issue before going into vote,

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<v Speaker 4>so so they can become an informed voter. And then

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<v Speaker 4>there's also a few other jurisdictions that have some other

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<v Speaker 4>contests on the ballot. I think what we've heard a

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<v Speaker 4>lot about is the City of Cincinnati if having a primary,

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<v Speaker 4>yeah election for mayor. City of Cincinnati holds their primaries.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a little different. Usually when we think of a primary,

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<v Speaker 4>we think of political parties that are nominating their candidates

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<v Speaker 4>to appear on the November ballot. But the city does

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<v Speaker 4>things a little differently. They it's called a non partisan primary,

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<v Speaker 4>so the candidates do not have party affiliation next to

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<v Speaker 4>their name. There's not a different ballot for the political parties.

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<v Speaker 4>Every voter in the City of Cincinnati has just one

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<v Speaker 4>ballot and it has both the mayor's contest as well

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<v Speaker 4>as that state issue too.

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<v Speaker 1>And what triggered the primary election.

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<v Speaker 4>In Cincinnati is that more than two candidates filed to run,

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<v Speaker 4>and so we had three candidates file for mayor. That's

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<v Speaker 4>what triggers the primary election. The top two vote guters

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<v Speaker 4>in the primary then move on and we'll face each

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<v Speaker 4>other to be elected in the November general.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you boiled that down quite nicely, Sherry. Polling from

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<v Speaker 2>the hammil County Board of Elections Vote Hamiltoncountyohio dot govz

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<v Speaker 2>the website, check out all the information and again, Sherry

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<v Speaker 2>on half all my listeners. Thanks for the great work

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing, and I will encourage my listeners to sign

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<v Speaker 2>up to be a poll worker. It could certainly use

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<v Speaker 2>your help. Cherry, thanks very much for spending time with

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<v Speaker 2>me and are my listeners of me today.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks thank you for having me get the message about

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<v Speaker 4>out about the election as well as the need for

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<v Speaker 4>poll workers.

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<v Speaker 1>Always appreciated.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always here to help you out. I really am

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<v Speaker 2>sharing if you a poll worker. Thanks Cherry, we'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>again soon. It's eight forty nine fifty five k se

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