I'm not saying the people who gave him the job didn't know, he had to give some personal info obvi for background stuff, but you're not allowed to ask your fellow poll workers their political affiliations apparently. So fellow poll workers didn't bug him and he was able to learn about the process and keep an eye on things.

The whole point of my og comment is why don't more of us do it, if we really wanna breath down their necks as u said? Wouldn't that be best, to be as close to the process as possible?