Facebook tries to recruit more poll workers for November election

You might have noticed a new banner at the top of your Facebook news feed asking you, by name, to be a poll worker.  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted about the social network's poll worker recruitment drive on Friday. The effort kicked off on news feeds across the U.S. after the post went live. Anyone over the age of 18 and in the U.S. should see a blue button to "Become a Poll Official." With the presidential election coming up during a pandemic, thousands of poll worker jobs are still unfulfilled, as ABC News reported on Tuesday. This could affect states' plans for in-person voting. If you click on the Facebook notice, it connects to your state's poll worker information site and an application to sign up. Read more...More about Facebook, Election 2020, Social Good, Mark Zuckerberg, and Politics