Guest Column: Advice from a poll worker a week after Election Day
A seasoned poll worker gives advice to voters. Memphians cast their ballots at the polling location at Second Baptist Church on Election Day 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Robert R. Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn is a retired professor and Dean of the College at Rhodes College. He has worked as a poll worker in Shelby County since 2006.
“We need more citizens preparing themselves to vote by weighing the choices to be made, making informed choices about their votes, and then showing up to vote.”
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