Election planning hampered by COVID-19

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A POLLING SITE at Temple Beth-El on Orchard Avenue in Providence on June 2, Rhode Island's presidential primary day. Some cities and towns are reporting having difficulty finding polling workers for elections in September and November. / PBN PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD
Several Rhode Island communities have been struggling to find poll workers for upcoming elections because many experienced workers have “retired” over worries about the coronavirus pandemic. Poll workers, who are paid by the day and are hired by ­individual cities and towns, tend to be in older age groups that are under more serious threat…

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