OMAHA- On Wednesday, Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen, Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse, and Douglas County Board Chair Mary Ann Borgeson held an event to celebrate the local poll workers who have served the state for over twenty years as Nebraska nears the 2024 general and primary elections. Seventeen poll workers were celebrated at the event.

"You are actually indispensable to our election process, and I know these last few years have been a little tough on not only election staff, but on poll workers themselves," said Borgeson, referencing the bouts of criticism poll workers have faced nationally since the 2020 presidential election. Borgeson went on to say that the poll workers' dedication to the state has fostered, over the years, an "honorable and honest election process."

As of right now, Douglas County alone still needs a few hundred more poll workers before the next election, and is seeking to train around 2,800 poll workers just for the Omaha area. "I encourage citizens all across our state, all across Douglas County...to consider serving as a poll worker," Evnen told the crowd at the event, "It's a grind. It's a long day, but it's a pleasure, isn't it? Because you are making democracy work."

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