| QUALIFICATION |
| No person shall be appointed to be an election judge in Clay County who is not a registered voter in Clay County. Each election judge shall be a person of good repute and character and be able to speak, read and write the English language. No person shall serve as an election judge in which his or her name or the name of a relative within the second degree or affinity, appears on the ballot. However no relative of any unopposed candidate will be disqualified from serving as an election judge. No election judge shall hold any other public office other than as a member of a political party committee except any person who is an employee of the state of Missouri or who is appointed to or employed by or elected to a board or commission of a political subdivision or special district except at a polling place where such political subdivision or special district has an issue or candidate on the ballot. Any candidate for the county committee of a political party who is not a candidate for any other office and is unopposed for election as a member of the committee will not be disqualified from serving as an election judge.
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| HOW APPOINTED |
| Approximately 15 to 30 days prior to an election the democrat and republican deputy clerks in charge of training and scheduling election judges begin to call all new and existing election judges to offer them (or often times beg them) to take a position as a supervisory judge, a judge or a deputy. In the rare situation that all positions are quickly filled and there are no cancellations the deputy clerks stop calling and proceed with other work to get ready for the election. If they are having trouble filling a position or if someone cancels they continue to call all interested persons until the position is filled.
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| SUPERVISORY JUDGES |
| Supervisory Judges are known as Pick Up and Return Judges also. The Pick Up judge comes to the Election Board office the day before the election and picks up all materials needed for election day that are not delivered to the poll. The Pick Up Judge and the Return Judge then return the supplies at the end of the night to the office. One Supervisory Judge at each precinct shall be a member of each major political party in Missouri.
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| JUDGES |
| The judges on election day are paid a slightly lower rate. These judges show up at the poll election morning at 5:15 and go straight home after the polls close and all paperwork is filled out and signed.
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| TRAINING |
| The Clay County Election Board holds class for all election judges and occasionally for new election judges as necessary. In general 2 classes are held per year. When a date for a class is chosen all applications are collected and processed, the information/voter registration is verified, then the Deputy Clerks that hire judges and train the poll workers begin to call and schedule all Election Judges and new applicants approximately 4-5 weeks prior to the next Election. Once an applicant has been to class they can expect to be called to work at a poll on a future election day.
For more information regarding training or Election Day work; Democrats call Donna Stanley (816) 407-9516 and Republicans call Patty Lamb (816) 407-9514
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COMPENSATION FOR OFFICIALS
(Revised April 2007)
| Daily | Hourly |
| Pick Up Judge | $ 125 | $ 8.93 |
| Return Judge | $ 115 | $ 8.21 |
| Regular Judge | $ 110 | $ 7.86 |
| Deputy | $ 125 | $ 8.93 |
| Precinct Officer | $ 125 | $ 8.93 |
| Tech Team | $ 125 | $ 8.93 |
| Temporary Help | - | $10.00 |
| Training (flat rate) | - | $25.00 |
| Mileage | 48.5¢ per mile |
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| OTHER INFORMATION |
| The polls are open from 6:00am until 7:00pm according to state law. That means the election judges must arrive at the polling location no later than 5:15am to set up and must stay until approximately 7:30 or longer in order to finish up paperwork, run reports, and return the ballots, voting machine, and ballots to the election office.
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ELECTION DAY CHECKLIST FOR OFFICIALS
- Wear comfortable clothing and dress in layers for optimum comfort to account for varying polling place temperatures.
- Leave your campaign buttons, political jewelry and political slogan T-shirts at home.
- Discussion of politics is not permitted while working at the polls.
- Arrange for enough food and drinks for the entire day.
- Smoking is not permitted in the voting enclosure.
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| TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION CLICK HERE |
| As you can see, your precinct election officials work long hours in demanding conditions to ensure fair and accurate elections. The next time you vote, be sure to thank your election officials for serving!
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