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County clerk outlines poll‑worker shortfall and proposes in‑county recruitment, student and county‑employee options
Summary
The county clerk reported a smaller verified pool of poll workers than needed for November’s general election, proposed recruiting high‑school students and county employees (with supervisor approval) as poll workers, and said consolidating precinct parts could reduce staffing needs but requires state coordination.
Montgomery County’s clerk told commissioners July 28 that the county has verified 117 poll workers for the November general election and that she prefers to build a standby list of about 220 people to assure adequate staffing.
Clerk Amy Standridge (reported as the clerk) said the office started with a list of 400 potential board workers; 50 were inactive, 347 remained, 117 were verified, 167 did not answer or had bad contact numbers and 63 declined. The clerk recommended expanding…
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