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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/December 2006, General Election
Location: Franklin and Summit Counties, Ohio; Utah Statewide
Conducted By: Quin Monson and Kelly Patterson (Brigham Young University)
Survey Medium: Phone Survey
Respondents: 1,619
Survey Instrument: Franklin, Summit, Utah
Reports: Evaluating the Quality of the Voting Experience, Published Article References

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: 25 Counties in California
Conducted By: Karin Mac Donald and Bonnie Glaser (Berkeley)
Survey Medium: Placed in precinct supplies, returned by mail
Respondents: 15,408
Survey Instrument: Click Here
Reports: The Why, How, What and When of Precinct Boards: Reactions from the Front Line
From Locomotive to Bullet Train: Street-level Implementation of E-Voting
The Front Lines of Democracy: Who Staffs Polling Places and Does it Matter?
Explaining Voting System Performance: Do Technology, Training, and Poll Worker Characteristics Matter?
Poll Workers and Their Motivation to Serve

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

What's New Today - Monday, February 1, 2010

Texas Poll Worker Report Released

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.