Below you will find a list of some of the Poll Worker Surveys that have been conducted in the last few years. Each summary includes a link to a complete PDF version of the survey instrument. Where applicable, there are also links to final reports or academically published findings based on each poll worker survey.
Date: November 2008, General Election
Location: Boston, MA
Conducted By: Rachel Cobb (Suffolk University)
Survey Instrument: Pre-Election Survey, Post-Election Survey
Date: May 2008, Primary Election
Location: Butler and Delaware Counties, Ohio
Conducted By: Quin Monson and Kelly Patterson (Brigham Young University) and Stephen Mockabee (University of Cincinnati)
Survey Medium: Mail-out, Mail-back and Internet combination
Respondents: 1,883
Survey Instrument: Click Here
Reports: To Be Released by the Pew Charitable Trusts
Date: November 2006, February 2008, June 2008
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
Conducted By: Paul Drugan, for LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Survey Medium: Mail-out, Mail-back
Respondents: 3,497, 2,485, 2,661
Survey Instrument/Report: November 2006, February 2008, June 2008
Date: November 2006, General Election
Location: Bernalillo,
Doña Ana, and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico
Conducted By: R. Michael Alvarez (CalTech), Lonna Atkeson (University of New Mexico) and Thad Hall (University of Utah)
Survey Medium: Mail-out, Mail-back
Respondents: 585
Survey Instrument: Click Here
Reports: The New Mexico Election Administration Report
Date: November 2006, General Election
Location: 8 Counties in California
Conducted By: Election Administration Research Center (Berkeley)
Survey Medium: Placed in precinct supplies, returned by mail
Respondents: 3,231
Survey Instrument: Click Here Reports: 2006 Survey Final Report
Date: June 2006, Primary Election
Location: Utah's 3rd Congressional District
Conducted By: Quin Monson and Kelly Patterson (Brigham Young University) and Thad Hall (University of Utah)
Survey Medium: Mail-out, Mail-back
Respondents: 131
Survey Instrument: Click Here
Reports: Published Article References
Date: May 2006, Primary Election
Location: Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Conducted By: Quin Monson and Kelly Patterson (Brigham Young University) and Thad Hall (University of Utah)
Survey Medium: Phone Survey
Respondents: 527
Survey Instrument: Click Here
Reports: Cuyahoga County Final Report
Funded by the
Pew Charitable Trusts, CSED scholars release "Evaluating On-line
Training," the final report of the research conducted in Texas and Ohio for online training of poll workers during the 2008 election.