 Today, August 23rd, marks the observance of National Poll Workers Recruitment Day. This is a national and a state and the local issue is having enough people to want to work the polls. You know, I kind of feel like not enough people are being asked because that's what I'm doing today is asking anyone that wants to be a poll worker. Poll workers play a crucial role in facilitating the voting process from registration and verifying identities to managing the polling stations and ensuring that voting procedures are conducted accurately. I want to encourage people to volunteer to be poll workers. We can't have elections without polls and we can't have polls without poll workers. It takes an army of about 15,000 volunteers to put on election in Kentucky and open all the precincts. So I want to strongly encourage you, whether you're a Democrat, Republican, independent, we've got the law changed to let any Kentucky voter be a poll worker. So I want to encourage voters to not just vote, that's important, but if you can be a poll worker as well. When my baby was born, it was magical. And as she grew, having a hospital close to home with advanced healthcare and specialized physicians being there along the journey was important. And along that journey, many special doctors touched our lives. And then one day, my baby became a woman and a mother herself. Pikeville Medical Center caring for every moment in life. In previous elections, poll workers in Pot County, after completing their training and fulfilling their duties on election day, were compensated with approximately $300. We need election workers and we used to have 57 precincts. We're down to 30 now. We have early voting. We're going to have early voting at the Belfrey courthouse and at the library adjacent to Lowes. There's really, there's really no excuse not to get out and vote. If you are interested in becoming a poll worker in Pot County, you can take the first step by calling 606-432-6211. Reporting from Melaintop News, I'm Ethan Miller.