Threats and smears against election officials and the voting process have not eroded Americans’ trust in the system and their desire to go to the polls this year.

Election administrators across the country, including seven of the hardest-fought battleground states and major cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis, are breathing a sigh of relief after a feared poll worker shortage did not materialize, according to interviews with more than 25 election officials.

CNN surveyed a variety of Democratic and Republican election workers; those workers said they were largely doing well and filling out the ranks of volunteers and paid staff who work polling places, process mail ballots and help run the election.

The top elections official in Raleigh, North Carolina, said they are “fully staffed” with more than 3,000 workers trained for this year, a slight increase from 2020. The clerk of a small Michigan town near Lansing said there were more poll workers than him. needs. Officials in Atlanta said they “had to cut hiring” after the increasing interest.

“Based on recent interactions, major electoral districts are currently well positioned to meet poll worker staffing needs,” said Carolina Lopez, executive director of the Partnership for Major Election Jurisdictions, a nonprofit organization that works with officials from both parties running in nearly 100 elections. . One of the largest election offices in the country.

Former President Donald Trump’s actions in 2020 – his repeated attempts to lie about how the election was conducted and then overturn the results we started a toxic era Once-quiet election offices have become dangerous frontlines of U.S. democracy.

This new climate led to a well-documented situation. immigration of election officials and poll workers and fear of famine. But civic groups and election offices have stepped up efforts to fill gaps and address concerns in 2022. While it appears his work has largely paid off in the 2024 cycle, there are still some isolated spots where more could be done.

Despite Trump’s smears against election workers, the vast majority of American voters still trust state and local election officials, according to a new report. Pew Research Center survey It was published on Thursday.

Nearly 90 percent of Harris supporters and 57 percent of Trump supporters said they were confident the 2024 election would go smoothly, according to the Pew poll.

Swing cases are in good condition

Election officials in Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia suburbs, Las Vegas, Reno, Madison, Green Bay and other municipalities in Wisconsin, as well as several smaller counties in swing states, all had positive things to say about staffing this fall.

There are “no vacancies to fill” in Detroit, according to Daniel Baxter, one of the city’s top election officials. Officials spent months training teams expected to process about 100,000 mail ballots in the Democratic stronghold. Still, there are anecdotal examples of poll workers quitting after the election. Chaos at Detroit’s vote counting center In 2020.

“Some of our friends who worked in 2020 said they didn’t want to work this election because of some of the events that happened in 2020,” said David Nathan, a manager with the Detroit elections office who trains election workers.

Eslir Musta, elections director for Arizona’s Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, said administrators there have mostly been able to keep up with retirements.

“We had a group of long-term poll workers who initially decided not to work polls anymore for personal reasons or safety concerns,” Musta said in an interview. “But we managed to fill the numbers. “We haven’t felt this exodus other than the information left over from the people who have been running the polling places for several years.”

Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, also said they are in a good position heading into November. The sprawling county, which includes Phoenix, is home to the majority of Arizona voters. A county official told CNN that recruiting efforts are “ahead of schedule” compared to past elections and that “we have not encountered any reported challenges.”

Navigating unexpected turns

Travis Doss, president of the Georgia election officials association, said following the Trump-backed state election board: I accepted the new rules At a time when ballots are required to be counted by hand, she has heard from some poll workers who are considering quitting because “it’s too much to ask” and “too many hours.” But that was settled after a judge. blocked new rules.

Doss, who is also the top elections official in Richmond County, home of Augusta, added that in his county, “we have waiting lists for poll workers, so we’re in a good spot.”

Following Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina earlier this month, election officials in the area were forced to reevaluate staffing plans for polling places.

In Buncombe County, home to Ashville, two-thirds of the poll workers originally scheduled to help manage early voting sites are still on hand. For Election Day, the county confirmed the participation of the vast majority of the more than 500 workers needed, which county spokeswoman Kassi Day said was “great” given the circumstances.

But some North Carolina election officials are voicing concerns legislation Legislation was passed by state lawmakers Thursday requiring some storm-damaged counties to add early voting sites because voting is already underway.

“Poll workers don’t grow on trees,” Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the state election board, said in response to CNN’s question about the legislation during a webinar Thursday.

Outside the battlefields

Los Angeles County, the largest electoral district in the country, is also doing well.

“Fortunately, our process of recruiting and placing election workers for the upcoming general election went very well, and we met our overall recruiting needs for staffing and supporting 648 vote centers in this election,” said Mike Sanchez, spokesman for the Los clerk. Angeles County is where more than 4.2 million people voted in 2020.

He said the diverse district supports 18 languages. Bilingual poll workers have been hired throughout the county, but they are still looking for more Khmer speakers.

Sherry Poland, director of elections for Hamilton County, Ohio, said her office in Cincinnati has not seen a shortage, but there are still “a few” unfilled positions for Republican poll workers. St. St. Louis near St. “My large suburban county is purple enough that I can get enough judges from both parties,” said Kurt Bahr, St. Charles County elections director. Poland and Bahr are Republican.

A spokesman for Hennepin County, Minnesota, which includes Minneapolis, said the county was “fully staffed this year” and had not heard of any shortages in nearby areas.

“Many of our local election judges reapply each year, and their participation is a point of civic pride,” county spokesman Joshua Yetman said in an email.

Voters trust election officials, survey finds

Despite the disinformation that sometimes dominates election conversations, these election workers still have the trust of voters, according to a Pew survey.

About 72 percent of Trump supporters trust their state election officials this year, according to the poll. (That could be a secretary of state or the chairman of a state election commission.) That’s a 15-point drop from Republican voters who asked the same question in 2018, before the 2020 election saga.

Harris supporters have further increased their confidence that their state and local election officials will “do a good job” this year. About 91% of Harris voters trust state leaders, and an almost universal 97% trust local officials.

The survey was conducted between September 30 and October 6.

Surveys over the years have found that voters have far more trust and confidence in their local officials than they do in national politicians. The new Pew survey is consistent with that history but is still noteworthy. toxic climate Trump encouraged a situation where a majority of Republicans still believe there was fraud in the 2020 election.

Despite broad confidence in the work of both parties, threats to election officials condensed Ever since Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election. Election offices this year suspicious packages This led to evictions and the Ministry of Justice submitted a series of reports on a rolling basis. expenses against people who sent death threats to the authorities.

CNN’s Majlie de Puy Kamp, Casey Tolan and Tierney Sneed contributed to this report.

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