Depending on the country or jurisdiction, election officials may be identified as members of a political party or non-partisan.
In California, poll workers can be any citizen who requests the job at least two months prior to an election.
Election officials play a prominent role in voting security as well as cybersecurity.
However, many reported areas in which improvement was needed such as accuracy in counting, reliability, security, and ease of use by voters.
These days votes are taken by optical scan and direct recording electronics' (DRE), but LEOs have received negative average ratings for not using other systems such as punchcards, lever machines, and hand-counter paper ballots.