Veterans and Military Family Members Improve Election Confidence
Veterans and military family members (VMF) who serve in election jobs, including as poll workers, strengthen public trust in the fairness, security and safety of elections, finds a new Community by the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement (CDCE) and nonprofit partner We the Veterans and Military Families CDCE’s Aug. 29-Sept. 9 survey of a national sample of 1,263 voting-age U.S. citizens randomly assigned participants to read one of two scenarios in Maricopa County, Arizona—a place where election administration was under close scrutiny in 2020. One scenario described the area making efforts to recruit local VMF to serve in election jobs, and the other described standard election worker recruitment from the local community.