In Maryland, the head of elections is partnering more experienced officials with newer ones to lessen the impact of any turnover.
"Having that full confidence in the system is the underpinning of everything that we do," Jared DeMarinis told CBS Baltimore.
The City Clerk in Haverhill, Massachusetts, took over the post in 2023, after the longtime clerk left.
"I know she that she was tired after the last presidential election," Katilin Wright told CBS Boston.
Wright is busy keeping up with the "Votes Act," which the Massachusetts legislature passed in 2020. The law enacted universal vote by mail and automatic voter registration. Wright feels the weight of the upcoming election.
"It is nerve wracking because there's a lot at stake here," she said.
Staying on the job
In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Emily Cook said she embraces the new challenge and is taking all the training classes she can, while also learning from the mistakes of previous elections supervisors in Luzerne County.
Despite the pressure and threats, Cook insists she will not join the ranks of people quitting the profession. She said she's been called to do this job ever since she was a little girl and watched her great grandmother working the polls.
"I never wanted to be (in charge of the government). I didn't want to be president," Cook said. "But supporting the whole government through whatever way that I was able to in elections was something that I've always been passionate about."
Nevada County, California Registrar of Voters Natalie Adona told CBS News California Investigates she has faced threats and danger on the job but is sticking it out.
"Experience is super important because you have the opportunity to learn from what happened in the past election," she said.
Bergen County, New Jersey's election commissioners are from both the Republican and Democratic Parties. They told CBS New York they work well together.
"We all believe that our job is to make sure everyone who is eligible to vote, that their vote gets counted," said Bergen County Elections Commissioner John Schettino, a Democrat.
Across Pennsylvania, CBS News found a combined total of more than 700 years of experience has been lost as positions turnover. Elections officials in localities across the battleground state are preparing to be in the spotlight in this November's election.
"Everyone here is working really hard to make sure the process is safe, secure and accessible," Neil Makhija, Vice Chair of the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Commission, told CBS Philadelphia.
