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Lycoming County to adopt new pay schedule for poll workers, effective with 2026 terms
Summary
County elections director described workload and accessibility improvements as commissioners approved a new pay schedule for poll workers that will take effect with terms starting in 2026.
Lycoming County’s Board of Commissioners voted to approve a new pay schedule for poll workers that the county’s director of elections said will take effect with the new terms beginning in 2026.
Forrest Layman, director of elections and head of the county’s Office of Voter Services, told commissioners that poll workers staff 81 precincts and that the county deploys about 400–500 poll workers on a typical election day. He described the voting system as “about a million plus dollars worth of equipment” and said the office maintains voter registration for roughly…
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