Exclusive: Facebook will give workers paid time off to work polls

All Facebook employees will be able to take extra paid time off to help staff polls on Election Day and participate in any trainings ahead of time, company executives tell Axios.

Why it matters: The effort comes amid poll worker shortages, with many older people who would typically do the job planning to stay home because of COVID-19.

Flashback: The company announced last month that it's offering free ad credits to election authorities in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., so they can run ads to recruit poll workers.

Sources told Axios last month that Snapchat is rolling out new products and partnerships to drive poll worker sign-ups as well.

Why it matters: Until recently, tech companies found it useful to be opaque about their policies and technology stopping bad actors from gaming their systems and competitors from copying their best features.

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