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Clerk and Recorder outlines election workload, text alerts and need to recruit and pay judges
Summary
Elected Clerk and Recorder Cindy Sherman told the Study Commission that elections administration and voter registration are growing in complexity, that text-message outreach has been effective, and that recruiting election judges remains difficult with most judges paid about $12 per hour.
Cindy Sherman, Butte-Silver Bow’s elected Clerk and Recorder and election administrator, briefed the Study Commission on April 21 about the office’s record-keeping and election responsibilities, the county’s use of text-message notifications for voters, and the difficulty of recruiting and retaining election judges.
Sherman described the clerk-and-recorder role as the county’s records custodian for deeds, liens, vital records and meeting minutes and said the office also processes vendor payments and maintains the authorized signatory list for county claims. As election administrator she said she oversees voter registration, runs all municipal, special and…
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