Guardians at the Gates: Poll Worker Retention in a Challenging Election Environment

Robert M. Stein; Barry C. Burden; Matt Lamb; Gayle Alberda; Lonna Atkeson; Lisa Bryant; Rachael Cobb; Michael Gilbert; Joshua D. Hostetter; David C. Kimball; Kenneth R. Mayer; Costas Panagopoulos; Andrew Reeves; Corwin Smidt; Jennifer Victor

doi:10.1089/elj.2024.0017

Guardians at the Gates: Poll Worker Retention in a Challenging Election Environment

Robert M. Stein
, Barry C. Burden
, Matt Lamb
, Gayle Alberda
, Lonna Atkeson
, Lisa Bryant
, Rachael Cobb
, Michael Gilbert
, Joshua D. Hostetter
, David C. Kimball
, Kenneth R. Mayer
, Costas Panagopoulos
, Andrew Reeves
, Corwin Smidt
, Jennifer Victor

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	62-73
Number of pages	12
Journal	Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2024.0017
State	Published - Mar 1 2025

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Law

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election administration
poll workers
voting

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Stein, R. M., Burden, B. C., Lamb, M., Alberda, G., Atkeson, L., Bryant, L., Cobb, R., Gilbert, M., Hostetter, J. D., Kimball, D. C., Mayer, K. R., Panagopoulos, C., Reeves, A., Smidt, C., & Victor, J. (2025). Guardians at the Gates: Poll Worker Retention in a Challenging Election Environment. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, 24(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2024.0017

Stein, RM, Burden, BC, Lamb, M, Alberda, G, Atkeson, L, Bryant, L, Cobb, R, Gilbert, M, Hostetter, JD, Kimball, DC, Mayer, KR, Panagopoulos, C, Reeves, A, Smidt, C & Victor, J 2025, 'Guardians at the Gates: Poll Worker Retention in a Challenging Election Environment', Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2024.0017

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