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Ivan Allen College NewsSamuel Ellis, an undergraduate student in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article "Georgia runoff poll worker recruitment faces holiday and Covid challenges," published Dec. 1, 2020 by CNN.
Ellis, who helped run the all-student-staffed voting location at McCamish Pavilion during the November general elections, is also involved with the location as it prepares for the runoff elections for Georgia's two U.S. Senate seats.
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Georgia Tech student Samuel Ellis decided to get involved in election work because of his experience going to vote for the first time in 2018, when he and two Black friends were met with older White workers at the polls.
He served this year as the poll manager for Georgia Tech's student-run polling precinct and led recruitment for the November general election.
"Most of the folks voting are students, and it's really important that when you go into a polling place, you feel heard and represented by the poll workers, and that they're folks you can trust," said Ellis. He'll still be on campus for the January runoff, and said it will be "something of a scramble to wrangle folks for Election Day."
