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Target is one of several giant corporations that will pay workers to take their time and volunteer as election assistants this fall amid a national shortage of election workers.
The store gives paid permission to vote, such as to serve as an election worker, to all eligible employees.
Target point-of-sale carts are noticed on August 19, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo via Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
“Target believes that each and every eligible voter has a voice, and we have long encouraged visitors and team members to vote,” Target says on its website. “This year, as the pandemic continues, it is more vital than ever to expand a plan before Election Day. “
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Other companies, such as Old Navy, Tory Burch and Warby Parker, have announced projects before the 2020 presidential election. Old Navy will compensate store affiliates who serve as election agents with 8 pay hours, regardless of whether they are scheduled to paint on November 3.
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“Every voice in this country is and deserves to be heard at the ballot box, and if in Old Navy we can be a small component in making this procedure more available to the communities we call home, we are on board,” Nancy said. Green, head of Old Navy.
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Dozens of corporations have partnered with Power to the Polls, an initiative to recruit “healthy, low-risk” and varied voting officials who can be part of polling stations in early user voting and Election Day, adding Starbucks and Patagonia.
This week, the crusade surpassed its purpose of recruiting 400,000 volunteer election officials to help with elections and aims to recruit even more. Interested parties can register to serve as a Power to the Polls voting agent.
Time to Vote, a nonpartisan coalition led by companies that also aims to increase voter turnout in the United States, has recruited more than 700 companies in its effort. Large companies, such as Nordstrom, Uber and Coca-Cola Company, have designated Election Day as a holiday for American employees.
“The need for corporations to give their workers free time to vote has never been greater,” said Dan Schulman, president and CEO of PayPal, one of three corporations that founded Time to Vote in 2018.
“No American has to decide between earning a salary and voting. Business leaders across the country want to mobilize and do what’s mandatory to make sure all their workers have the opportunity to make their voices heard in November,” Schulman added.
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This story has been reported from Cincinnati.