Veteran launches 'Second Call to Duty' to recruit poll workers [View all]
CINCINNATI With early voting already underway and Election Day approaching, one local veteran is leading a new effort to recruit poll workers this time focusing on those who have already served the country.
We just have this instinct built in us to serve our country, said Raquel Burgos, a Navy veteran and deputy director at the Hamilton County Board of Elections. And this is another way that they can do that. But just locally.
Burgos, who spent more than a decade working at the Hamilton County Board of Elections after her military service, has launched a new initiative called The Second Call to Duty. The goal: enlist military veterans to serve again this time at the ballot box.
Through this program, veterans get meaningful roles while helping us execute our mission of free and fair elections, Burgos said.
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