Election Director’s Choice Of Poll Workers Scrutinized For Questioning Applicants’ Political Ideology

State law applies minimal criteria for poll workers, who are provided training by the county in advance of election day. One requirement is that the worker be a qualified voter in the county. Another requires no change to have been made to the voter’s political party affiliation (or no party preference affiliation) since the last general election.

However, questions are being asked about the process Marra implemented for selecting Cochise County’s poll workers. Specifically, there are concerns she is applying a sort of “political thought” litmus test when reviewing applications.

Among the concerns is a question on Cochise County’s application about the voter’s motivation for wanting to serve as a poll worker. This has caused some consternation given that Marra has posted dozens of negative comments on social media about voters who are concerned fraud influenced the 2020 General Election, particularly the presidential race.