Old Navy will pay its employees to be poll workers in November

An Old Navy store in New York City.
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Having enough poll workers is essential to ensuring elections are fair and accessible, and Old Navy announced on Tuesday that the company will do its part by paying store employees to serve as poll workers in November.

The retailer shared the news on National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. In a statement, CEO Nancy Green said company leaders are "constantly inspired by our store teams, with their passion for community work and fostering a sense of belonging both in and outside of our store walls. Every voice in this country matters and deserves to be heard at the polls, and if we at Old Navy can even be a small part of making that process more accessible to the communities we call home, we are on board."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.