DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Vet the Vote is a national campaign to recruit veterans to serve as poll workers, and it has been a great success, with more than 163,000 veterans signing up to continue serving.
“I served 25 years in the army, 17 years as an air force civilian,” said John Shaver, a polling locations supervisor. “I retired at the age of 65, and I said I no longer have an excuse not to do volunteer work.”
Like most veterans, Shaver simply wants to serve, so after a long and distinguished military career, he became a poll worker, and he’s not alone. Thousands of veterans are working the polls as part of the Vet the Vote program…