Addresses the role of the Office of the Sec. of State of CA in providing guidelines to county elections officials for training poll workers. In 2006 the office adopted poll worker training guidelines that establish a minimum set of requirements that counties must meet. However, the guidelines do not cover the rights of voters who register to vote without declaring a political party affiliation. The law does not require the office to update the training guidelines and it has not done so since 2006. Nevertheless, mgmt. stated that the office plans to update the guidelines. During the Feb. 2008 primary election the office visited 31 counties and afterwards shared its info. with each county to help identify how to strengthen their respective training programs.