Over 150,000 veterans and military family members recruited to staff polling places for Election Day

Vet the Vote has expanded its recruitment efforts nationwide among veterans and military families to staff polling places ahead of Election Day.

The coalition represents 43 advocacy groups and other organizations. It has recently partnered with sponsors like NASCAR, the NFL and the NBA."Our community makes for a good workforce" to take on the nuts and bolts of running one of the more than 132,000 polling stations expected to be recording votes next Tuesday, said Ellen Gustafson, a Navy spouse and co-founder of the Vet the Vote organization to Military.com.According to Gustafson, the especially charged political environment going into next Tuesday has posed a challenge uniquely suited to veterans and military families. Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com

"Yeah, we sure are hearing about threats. There are people questioning the integrity of our elections," said Gustafson to Military.com, and "that includes questioning the integrity of the poll workers who do the work. I think we are comfortable with the idea that sometimes situations are challenging and the first goal is to de-escalate."Most poll workers sign up for long days, with most starting out at 5:30 am. Over half of poll workers in 2016 according to the EAC were aged 60 or over.Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Vet the Vote did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.