The Our Faith Our Vote campaign — an initiative of the UCC’s Office of Public Policy and Advocacy in Washington, D.C. — formed a partnership in 2022 with Power the Polls, a nonpartisan organization launched in 2020 to address a nationwide poll worker shortage. Power the Polls began as a coalition of businesses and nonprofits with the goal of recruiting 250,000 new poll workers to fill the gaps; in less than 100 days, they recruited over 700,000. 

As the UCC’s nonpartisan election engagement campaign, Our Faith Our Vote offers resources for voter registration, issue education, voter mobilization and more. Since the partnership began, many UCC members have signed up to be poll workers through the UCC’s link with Power the Polls.  

Organizers are hoping to engage even more poll volunteers for 2024, due to the increased turnout for presidential elections. Primary elections have already begun, and states are looking to find and train poll workers. Becoming a poll worker is one of the most important ways to engage in the election process.

According to Power the Polls, in a general election year, it takes an average of one million poll workers to power an election. Different states have different requirements for eligibility. Through Power the Polls, UCC members can sign up to be a poll worker here.