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Jackson City Council adopts ordinance to pay election workers, compensate off-duty deputies for poll security
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance expanding compensation for municipal election commissioners, poll managers, resolution board workers and to cover facility usage fees and pay off-duty law-enforcement personnel who staff polling locations ahead of the general election.
The Jackson City Council on May 6 adopted an ordinance amending compensation for municipal election commissioners, poll managers, resolution board workers and box helpers and adding facility usage fees and pay for off-duty law-enforcement officers assigned to polling locations.
The vote to adopt the ordinance was 7-0. Municipal Clerk Angela Harris asked the council to consider adoption so it could take effect before the upcoming general election.
The measure adds payment for Hinds County deputy sheriffs who staff polling places when the county cannot provide on-duty officers, Harris said. "They charge $40 an hour,"…
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