WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:270000 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.368 YOUNG-WHITE: What are poll workers? 00:00:01.368 --> 00:00:02.970 Get your booty to the poll! 00:00:02.970 --> 00:00:04.271 ♪ Get-get-get your ♪ 00:00:04.271 --> 00:00:06.673 ♪ Vote, vote, vote, vote... ♪ 00:00:06.673 --> 00:00:07.941 Nope. Not that. 00:00:07.941 --> 00:00:09.476 Found that out the hard way. 00:00:09.476 --> 00:00:10.878 Poll workers are the volunteers 00:00:10.878 --> 00:00:12.813 that help the election run smoothly. 00:00:12.813 --> 00:00:15.215 But now, thanks to COVID-19, old people-- 00:00:15.215 --> 00:00:17.518 the majority of volunteers-- are dropping out. 00:00:17.518 --> 00:00:19.152 Thankfully, there's an initiative 00:00:19.152 --> 00:00:20.954 recruiting younger Election Day poll workers 00:00:20.954 --> 00:00:22.689 called Power the Polls. 00:00:22.689 --> 00:00:25.492 So I sat down with one of their directors. 00:00:25.492 --> 00:00:27.160 Scott, huge fan of your work. 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:29.496 You're taking care of business. Everything's under control. 00:00:29.496 --> 00:00:32.032 Just wanted to contribute, give you guys a huge shout-out. 00:00:32.032 --> 00:00:35.035 -So good job, yeah. -I-I mean, I really... 00:00:35.035 --> 00:00:37.304 I really appreciate that, and I definitely could use it, 00:00:37.304 --> 00:00:39.172 but what we really need is poll workers 00:00:39.172 --> 00:00:42.175 to make sure that everyone can vote safely and on time 00:00:42.175 --> 00:00:44.411 -this election. -You hear that, poll workers? 00:00:44.411 --> 00:00:46.847 This is an important election. You better do your part. 00:00:46.847 --> 00:00:48.982 We're actually really excited to get young folks like yourself, 00:00:48.982 --> 00:00:50.517 so we're really looking for someone 00:00:50.517 --> 00:00:52.219 kind of exactly like you. 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:54.221 You got to be a registered voter 00:00:54.221 --> 00:00:56.223 or over the age of 16-- 00:00:56.223 --> 00:00:58.258 uh, I-I think you're older than 16. 00:00:58.258 --> 00:01:00.060 Um, well, that's very flattering. 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.996 I do get that a lot. But you know who I actually have? 00:01:02.996 --> 00:01:05.666 I have a friend who I think that this would be perfect for. 00:01:05.666 --> 00:01:08.568 He has way more time on his hands than me. 00:01:08.568 --> 00:01:11.371 Um, do you know Trevor Noah? 00:01:11.371 --> 00:01:12.572 He would be so... 00:01:12.572 --> 00:01:14.708 Actually, is 45 too old? 00:01:14.708 --> 00:01:17.744 He's not from here, so I don't know if he's a registered voter. 00:01:17.744 --> 00:01:20.547 But, you know, we need everyone to show up in person. 00:01:20.547 --> 00:01:22.249 So you'll have to leave your house. 00:01:22.249 --> 00:01:25.185 You mean, like, actually go outside and... 00:01:25.185 --> 00:01:26.853 (quietly): put on pants? 00:01:26.853 --> 00:01:28.922 I've been bottomless for six months. 00:01:28.922 --> 00:01:30.557 Oh, and there's also that little issue 00:01:30.557 --> 00:01:32.859 of a (bleep) pandemic. 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:35.295 Everyone is gonna get PPE who shows up. 00:01:35.295 --> 00:01:36.697 Mask. Face shield. 00:01:36.697 --> 00:01:38.365 Hand sanitizer. All that good stuff. 00:01:38.365 --> 00:01:39.967 Uh, what we mostly just need 00:01:39.967 --> 00:01:41.802 is folks to help get people checked in, 00:01:41.802 --> 00:01:43.770 fill out their ballots, answer questions. 00:01:43.770 --> 00:01:46.740 The thing that Power the Polls is really hoping to inspire is 00:01:46.740 --> 00:01:48.275 a next generation of poll workers. 00:01:48.275 --> 00:01:50.243 Okay. Here's another thought. 00:01:50.243 --> 00:01:52.479 How about we rebrand the name? 00:01:52.479 --> 00:01:54.915 I mean, even starting with "poll worker." 00:01:54.915 --> 00:01:57.417 Those are bad two words. 00:01:57.417 --> 00:01:59.586 "Poll"-- I'm thinking of the subway. 00:01:59.586 --> 00:02:01.254 It's dirty, it's gross. 00:02:01.254 --> 00:02:03.323 "Worker"-- I'm thinking of work. Ugh. 00:02:03.323 --> 00:02:05.292 No one likes that. 00:02:05.292 --> 00:02:08.462 What about, um... Okay, I'm thinking. 00:02:08.462 --> 00:02:10.397 Poll line monitors. 00:02:10.397 --> 00:02:12.566 King of the ballots. 00:02:12.566 --> 00:02:15.335 "Poll" you out of line if you don't vote. 00:02:15.335 --> 00:02:16.603 Vote regulator. 00:02:16.603 --> 00:02:17.604 Poll-y moly. 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:20.173 Like holy moly? 00:02:20.173 --> 00:02:22.075 Ooh, how about... 00:02:23.343 --> 00:02:25.245 ...election influencer. 00:02:25.245 --> 00:02:27.180 Ooh, I don't know. Hmm. 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:29.449 Problem is you're-you're there to be a nonpartisan. 00:02:29.449 --> 00:02:33.020 Okay, look, millennials are broke. 00:02:33.020 --> 00:02:34.454 What you need to do 00:02:34.454 --> 00:02:37.357 to get people to the polls is money. 00:02:37.357 --> 00:02:39.359 Well, Jaboukie, usually you do get paid, 00:02:39.359 --> 00:02:40.961 uh, to be a poll worker. 00:02:40.961 --> 00:02:42.596 It's, uh, usually over ten dollars an hour, 00:02:42.596 --> 00:02:44.965 uh, so for a full day, that's a couple hundred bucks. 00:02:44.965 --> 00:02:47.267 Yeah, no, I need to call my agent. 00:02:47.267 --> 00:02:48.502 This is ridiculous. 00:02:48.502 --> 00:02:50.170 That's more money than I'm making right now. 00:02:50.170 --> 00:02:53.440 Hi, yeah. Um, so, 00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:54.975 you just weren't gonna tell me 00:02:54.975 --> 00:02:56.510 that they were casting for poll workers? 00:02:56.510 --> 00:02:58.145 The money sounds good, 00:02:58.145 --> 00:03:00.313 but if I'm gonna spend all day taking ballots 00:03:00.313 --> 00:03:03.550 and risking paper cuts, I'm gonna need something more. 00:03:03.550 --> 00:03:05.285 We'll, uh, we'll send you pizza 00:03:05.285 --> 00:03:07.454 if that's, uh, if that's icing on the cake. 00:03:07.454 --> 00:03:09.623 I also work for an organization called Pizza to the Polls, 00:03:09.623 --> 00:03:11.625 and, uh, so, we'll-we'll get you lunch, 00:03:11.625 --> 00:03:13.827 uh, and all the folks at the polling place. 00:03:13.827 --> 00:03:15.629 You think you can buy me with pizza? 00:03:16.663 --> 00:03:17.664 What topping? 00:03:17.664 --> 00:03:20.233 Pepperoni? 00:03:21.735 --> 00:03:23.570 It worked. 00:03:23.570 --> 00:03:25.338 Okay, Scott. Now, say that there's people 00:03:25.338 --> 00:03:27.707 who don't like pizza-- as if that even exists-- 00:03:27.707 --> 00:03:29.843 but they don't volunteer. 00:03:29.843 --> 00:03:32.579 What's the worst thing that can happen? 00:03:32.579 --> 00:03:36.216 Uh, there's longer lines. Fewer polling places. 00:03:36.216 --> 00:03:38.251 Uh, the polling places tend to close 00:03:38.251 --> 00:03:41.221 in-in cities and communities where people of color vote. 00:03:41.221 --> 00:03:44.357 Uh, it's less safe for poll workers and voters. 00:03:44.357 --> 00:03:46.493 I-If poll workers don't show up, 00:03:46.493 --> 00:03:49.062 it could change the whole course of history 00:03:49.062 --> 00:03:50.564 and-and have an election 00:03:50.564 --> 00:03:52.199 that doesn't represent us as a country. 00:03:54.267 --> 00:03:57.871 If you are 16 years old... 00:03:59.906 --> 00:04:03.210 ...sign up to be 00:04:03.210 --> 00:04:05.512 a (bleep) poll worker 00:04:05.512 --> 00:04:07.581 and do something 00:04:07.581 --> 00:04:11.451 with your (bleep) life for once! 00:04:11.451 --> 00:04:13.753 Sign up, please! 00:04:13.753 --> 00:04:17.624 Volunteer, please! 00:04:17.624 --> 00:04:19.626 What kind of topping was it again? 00:04:19.626 --> 00:04:23.029 Uh, we... Uh, cheese, usually, and pepperoni. 00:04:23.029 --> 00:04:26.366 Uh, we send gluten-free ones, too, if we can. 00:04:26.366 --> 00:04:29.402 At least do it for the gluten-free pizza! 00:04:29.402 --> 00:04:32.439 You've contributed nothing to life so far! 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:34.441 Can we... can we get green peppers and onions?