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Election judges have many responsibilities and perform several tasks on Election
Day, including:
- Opening the polling place in the morning and closing it at night
- Setting up election equipment
- Providing assistance to voters
- Signing in voters
- Verifying voter qualifications
- Distributing ballots/activation cards for touch-screen machines
- Operating voting equipment
- Filling out forms
- Processing and transmitting votes at the end of the day
- Certifying vote totals
To be eligible to serve as an election judge, you must be:
- A U.S. citizen
- A resident of Kane County
- A registered voter
- Able to speak, read and write English
- Of good understanding and capable of performing duties
Candidates running for office and elected political party committeemen are prohibited
from serving as election judges.
Judges work long hours, arriving at the polling place at 5:00 am and working until
the equipment is packed up after the polls close at 7 pm.
Certified Election Judges receive $145 for the day.
Election judges are required to work the entire day. In addition, we would like you to commit to working all elections in a two year cycle (General Election, Consolidated Primary, Consolidated Election, General Primary)
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