CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County voters may see quite a few younger workers at the polls this November.

The Board of Elections is grateful to those who show up faithfully to help voters cast their ballots, but Election Day problems in recent years are an indication it's time to create a new breed of poll workers, reported ONN's Brian McIntyre.

About 1,100 Cuyahoga County high school students are being trained to be poll workers through government and social studies classes.

"Poll workers have been kind of making mistakes, I guess, and some votes haven't been counted. I mean, people take classes like this and really listen to what's going on, we shouldn't have that kind of problem. If we start young, it'll be like second nature to us," said Orange High School senior J.P. Paulus.

The students are receiving to same training that adult poll workers get.

"There's a wonderful dynamic between those persons who have worked in a location for a long period of time and these high-school students coming in and quite literally, on location, teaching their colleagues at the precinct table," said BOE director Jane Platten.

Most of these trainees have never even come into contact with a punch-card ballot. Those who have seen them said the bells and whistles of the new electronic machines are better.

"They're really easy to use. I like the summary page and the fact that you can go back without rejecting your ballot, being able to make the font bigger. I think they're real easy. Touch screen, real easy," said Orange senior Victoria Jackson.

Most courses end with an exam, but the big final for these students is in November, when they actually put to use what they've learned about these machines.

"With these, you can't really make mistakes, compared to what has gone on in the past. I mean, it's just pushing a button and clicking 'next.' It's really not that difficult. But people seem to have trouble with it. That's what we're here for, to help them," said Ian Weinberg, also a senior at Orange.

You have to be at least 17 years old to be a poll worker in Cuyahoga County, but high school graduates can be Election Day technicians.

They make $250 per election, while regular poll workers make $172.