Duties of Poll Workers
 

Inspector: $110 per day

• Chairs the precinct board (which includes the two judges) and acts as manager of the precinct.

• Attends a training session and retrieves election supplies (including ballots, poll lists and forms) at least two days before the election.

• Administers an oath to all poll workers.

• Announces the opening and closing of the polls.

• Compares and evaluates the signature on an absentee ballot envelope with the absentee ballot application.

• May challenge voters.

• Assists in the canvass of the votes.

• Returns all election supplies to the county election board election evening.

Judge: $75 per day

(Election Day judges may work a half day. The shift possibilities are 6 a.m. to 12 noon or 12 noon to 6 p.m. The pay for working a half day is $35.)

• Assists the Inspector in making decisions on matters that come before the precinct election board.

• Provides instructions to voters when asked about the ballot or voting procedures.

• May assist voters with impairments.

• May challenge voters.

• Assists in the canvass of the votes.

Clerk: $75 per day

(Election Day clerks may work a half day. The shift possibilities are 6 a.m. to 12 noon or 12 noon to 6 p.m. The pay for working a half day is $35.)

• The primary function of the clerks is record keeping and ballot control.
  Assists voters in signing the poll list.

• Must initial each ballot before giving it to the voter.

• In a Primary Election, the clerks must ensure the voter is given the ballot that corresponds with the voter's stated political party preference.

• Assists in the canvass of the votes.