Ethan Duran

Ethan Duran

A freelance reporter covering crime, community and social issues, Ethan Duran is based in Milwaukee.

Elections Stickers like this are a recruitment tool being used by the nonpartisan Poll Hero Project, which works to turn politically active teens and young adults into election day poll workers. (Photo by Ethan Duran)
Elections More than 22,000 Young People Will Work As Poll Workers in November, Thanks to Poll Hero Project

The nonpartisan organization finds politically active Instagram users with geotags for high schools in different cities, then asks them to become poll workers.

Ethan Duran Ethan Duran September 22, 2020 10:57 am EDT
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Elections Wisconsin Needs Election Poll Workers. Here’s How to Become One.

Those 16 years and older can earn money while working the Nov. 3 election.

Ethan Duran Ethan Duran September 17, 2020 12:05 pm EDT
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Elections Drop Boxes for Absentee Ballots Popping Up Across the State

Ballots placed in the boxes emptied daily.

Ethan Duran Ethan Duran September 15, 2020 1:19 pm EDT

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