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Auditor proposes modest increases for election workers and flags ballot and voter-registration costs
Summary
The auditor’s office recommended a $2 hourly increase for election workers, recommended a shared shredding contract, and flagged higher-than-expected costs for ballot printing and IPAC voter-registration fees that staff proposed to adjust in the draft budget.
The county auditor reviewed the elections and records budget lines and proposed two operational adjustments: increase pay for election workers and better centralize/sharing of some recurring vendor costs.
Auditor staff said precinct election workers currently receive $9 per hour and precinct chairs $10 per hour and proposed increasing both by $2 per hour to improve recruitment for the long election-day shifts. "They work 15 hour days," an auditor staffer said;…
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