Harris County to hire more than 8,000 workers for November election

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Harris County is looking for thousands of election workers for what its top elections official believes could be a “record turnout” in the November presidential election. County Clerk Chris Hollins expects over a 65% turnout, which would be more than 1.5 million registered voters casting a ballot.

“Because of that, and because of this second wave of Covid-19 that we’re facing,…