NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County Deputy Elections Clerk Jenna Fager said they are always looking for more people to work at the polls on election day.
"In Reno County, we hire around 200 board workers every election to work all of the polling locations," Fager said. "We do require that you go through two hours of training prior to working at the polls, but we do pay $7.25 an hour for regular judges and $8.75 for supervising judges."
That translates to $120 to $150 for the day.
"We do try to make all of our boards bipartisan," Fager said. "We try to have at least one Republican, one Democrat. We can also use unaffiliated for that, as well."
They do try to man bigger polling places with more board workers in presidential election years, as this one is.
"We currently have 27 polling locations," Fager said. "One of those includes the Fairgrounds, which is one of our main locations. It's got several. Most of the city of Hutchinson goes to the Fairgrounds to vote."
Many poll workers do it every election. Some have worked for the county for 20 plus years. If you'd like to find out more, call Fager's office at (620) 694-2954.
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