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Poll workers in New York can earn about $2,750 each election cycle if they work all nine early-voting days plus Election Day. Elected district leaders in each borough, both Republicans and Democrats, get a say in assigning people to those roles. Editors’ Picks 5 Simple Tips to Make the Most of Those Precious Eggs Tech for Babies Is Booming. Here’s What One Parent Found Helped the Most. For Sale: Hidden Treasures by Bill Cunningham SKIP ADVERTISEMENT

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But poll workers in the Bronx described a pay-to-play scheme in which getting and keeping coveted jobs required contributing money and collecting signatures to help Republican candidates get on the ballot.

Their payments — usually $150 apiece and sometimes several times in one election cycle — were recorded in state campaign finance records as donations to the Bronx Republican Party.