High school students head to the polls -- not as voters, but as volunteers

More than 4,200, some not even old enough to vote, work at L.A. County polling places through a program that gives them a first-hand look at the election process.

Amy Cohen was a bit nervous after the doors opened Tuesday at the Studio City church where she was volunteering for the first time as a poll worker. She is 18, a first-time voter, and the long line of people waiting to exercise their right to vote included her mother and brother. Plus, her father was working at the poll too. Read more ...