Indiana Lawyer Speaks to Brad Boswell About Attorneys Volunteering as Poll Workers

Indiana Lawyer reported that the election board and count clerk in Marion County are working to recruit attorneys to assist with Indiana’s upcoming primary election day. A CLE class, “Indiana Election Law: The Role of Poll Workers” was held at Faegre Drinker’s Indianapolis office. The publication spoke to Indianapolis associate Brad Boswell, who has helped operate the election inspector hotline for several years, providing poll workers with quick answers to any issues that may arise.

He said some of the calls involve technology issues that have popped up due to changes in voting machines, while others involve trying to determine whether a person is actually eligible to vote. “We have to sort of like ... stop and work through whatever the anomaly is for this voter to try to make sure they can properly vote if they’re supposed to,” Boswell said. “And that oftentimes requires coordination with the county voter registration office.” 

Boswell noted that the hotline also receives calls about how to accommodate people who are campaigning outside an election site when it’s raining and need shelter. “You get a lot of sweet old ladies that pass out literature and trying to be thoughtful about that, and figuring out what the parameters are and what they can do to help folks,” Boswell said.