Facebook Users Asked To Volunteer As Poll Workers

The Verge reports:

Facebook is launching a recruitment drive for poll workers this weekend, putting messages into users’ News Feeds with links to poll worker registration sites in their state. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post announcing the drive that it was part of the company’s larger voting information campaign, which has a goal of helping 4 million people register and vote.

“Voting is voice, and in a democracy, it’s the ultimate way we hold our leaders accountable and make sure the country is heading in the direction we want,” Zuckerberg wrote. The social media giant also will join dozens of other companies offering paid time off to employees in the US who work the polls on Election Day, according to Zuckerberg’s post.

Facebook is running a nationwide recruiting drive to help states find poll workers and will give its employees paid time off to work polls https://t.co/wVSsxSfYzh

— Tom Reynolds (@TomHReynolds) September 11, 2020

We will be sending notifications to users that are 18 or older about how to sign up as poll workers in their states. The alerts will at the top of the Facebook app beginning Saturday & will direct users to each state’s website for more signup information.

— Tom Reynolds (@TomHReynolds) September 11, 2020

Facebook became the latest major employer to give workers paid time off to vote in the November election and serve as poll workers https://t.co/1ceFVaQkOu pic.twitter.com/ZwMFQJ9c3Q

— Forbes (@Forbes) September 11, 2020