America's Longest-Serving Poll Worker Receives NASS Margaret Chase Smith Award
February 10, 2024
February 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The National Association of Secretaries of State issued the following news release:
The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) presented the 2023 Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award for political courage posthumously to Ms. Laura Wooten. Starting in 1939 at the age of 18 until her death in March 2019, she enthusiastically served as a poll worker in every primary and general election for 79 consecutive years in the state of New Jersey.
The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) presented the 2023 Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award for political courage posthumously to Ms. Laura Wooten. Starting in 1939 at the age of 18 until her death in March 2019, she enthusiastically served as a poll worker in every primary and general election for 79 consecutive years in the state of New Jersey.