New poll workers raising concerns in Michigan, other states


              In this image from video, a poll worker chats with a voter at a precinct in Delhi Township, Mich., near Lansing, on the day of the state’s primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. A shortage of poll workers has concerned local election officials across the country as the midterms approach. Not so in Michigan, where political operatives have recruited poll workers by the thousands. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
            
              In this image from video, poll workers assist voters at a precinct in Delhi Township, Mich., near Lansing, on the day of the state’s primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. A shortage of poll workers has concerned local election officials across the country as the midterms approach. Not so in Michigan, where political operatives have recruited poll workers by the thousands. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
            
              FILE - Jocelyn Benson, Michigan secretary of state, testifies as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears from election officials and Justice Department officials about the rise in threats toward elected leaders and election workers, at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 3, 2022.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
New poll workers raising concerns in Michigan, other states