“If you didn’t get your pay, how would you feel?”

Hinds County, Miss., Board of Supervisors poll manager Sheila Davis, regarding the 1,000 poll managers across the county who haven’t yet been compensated after working 14-hour days for the Aug. 8 primary and Aug. 28 runoff elections. The workers are refusing to return for the Nov. 7 general election if they don’t get paid. (Associated Press — Sept. 18, 2023)