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County official warns Senate bill 27 53 will raise election staffing costs, urges recruitment and pay adjustments
Summary
An agency official told the court that changes attributed to 'senate bill 27 53' will expand early-voting hours, add a 12-hour day before election day and require more election workers and overtime; the official urged stronger recruiting (including 16+ students with school consent) and modest pay increases to retain staff.
An agency official told the Marion County court that changes attributed in the transcript to "senate bill 27 53" will increase early-voting hours and staffing needs and asked the court to consider boosting election-worker pay and recruitment resources.
The official said the legislation, effective Sept. 1 as described in the discussion, reduces some weekdays for early voting but adds weekend days, increases Sunday hours and adds the day before election day as a 12-hour early-voting day. "They added the day before election day, which is the day that y'all know that we used to set up equipment," the…
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