{"id":348,"date":"2020-08-18T19:56:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T19:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/metrowest-daily-news-training-program-aims-to-plug-poll-worker-gap\/"},"modified":"2020-08-18T19:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T19:56:40","slug":"metrowest-daily-news-training-program-aims-to-plug-poll-worker-gap","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/el-programa-de-capacitacion-de-metrowest-daily-news-tiene-como-objetivo-cubrir-la-brecha-de-trabajadores-electorales\/","title":{"rendered":"Metrowest Daily News: Programa de capacitaci\u00f3n busca cubrir la falta de trabajadores electorales"},"template":"","class_list":["post-348","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-news-clip"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","press_type":155,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"56\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":261}"],"related_issues":[98,100,109,462],"related_work":[111],"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"BOSTON \u2014 Un nuevo programa busca capacitar a estudiantes y otras personas para que se desempe\u00f1en como trabajadores electorales durante esta temporada electoral, respondiendo as\u00ed al estr\u00e9s que la COVID-19 impone a los funcionarios electorales locales y voluntarios. Lanzado el lunes por la Red de Elecciones Seguras, el Cuerpo de Trabajadores Electorales Estudiantiles de Massachusetts enviar\u00e1 a los participantes capacitados directamente a los funcionarios electorales o los colocar\u00e1 en un &quot;cuerpo de reserva&quot; para que sean dirigidos a una comunidad identificada con la necesidad de trabajadores electorales en los d\u00edas previos a las elecciones. Kristina Mensik, de Common Cause Massachusetts, dijo que la pandemia dificulta que los funcionarios electorales municipales capaciten al nuevo personal en persona, y muchos trabajadores electorales regulares pertenecen a un grupo demogr\u00e1fico de edad &quot;que los hace especialmente vulnerables a la COVID-19&quot;. Los secretarios y otros funcionarios electos tambi\u00e9n enfrentan una carga de trabajo adicional este a\u00f1o debido a la expansi\u00f3n del voto por correo. &quot;Hemos escuchado de los funcionarios electorales que la gente inunda sus bandejas de entrada con ofertas de ayuda es genial, pero lo que ser\u00eda m\u00e1s \u00fatil es un sistema en el que sepan que los trabajadores electorales sustitutos son adecuados para el trabajo y que se presentar\u00e1n&quot;, dijo Mensik en un comunicado. \u201cDise\u00f1amos este programa de capacitaci\u00f3n con eso en mente\u201d. Los organizadores declararon en un comunicado de prensa que el programa se basa en investigaciones, incluyendo entrevistas con secretarios municipales, para determinar sus necesidades, inquietudes y recomendaciones. Si bien est\u00e1 dirigido a estudiantes, est\u00e1 abierto a cualquier persona. El senador estatal Barry Finegold, dem\u00f3crata por Andover, copresidente del Comit\u00e9 de Leyes Electorales, afirm\u00f3 que la iniciativa \u201cayudar\u00e1 a fortalecer la participaci\u00f3n c\u00edvica y a facilitar el desarrollo de nuestras elecciones\u201d. Una ley promulgada en julio ampli\u00f3 las oportunidades de voto por correo y anticipado para las primarias del 1 de septiembre y las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre, en vista de la pandemia y las medidas de distanciamiento social, y tambi\u00e9n otorg\u00f3 a los funcionarios locales mayor flexibilidad para designar a los trabajadores electorales en caso de escasez."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metrowestdailynews.com\/news\/20200818\/training-program-aims-to-plug-poll-worker-gap\">Lea el art\u00edculo<\/a>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Metrowest Daily News: Training program aims to plug poll worker gap - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press-releases\/metrowest-daily-news-training-program-aims-to-plug-poll-worker-gap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Metrowest Daily News: Training program aims to plug poll worker gap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/el-programa-de-capacitacion-de-metrowest-daily-news-tiene-como-objetivo-cubrir-la-brecha-de-trabajadores-electorales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/metrowest-daily-news-training-program-aims-to-plug-poll-worker-gap\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/metrowest-daily-news-training-program-aims-to-plug-poll-worker-gap\/\",\"name\":\"Metrowest Daily News: Training program aims to plug poll worker gap - 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