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Board clears 222 incomplete registrations, authorizes travel-board help for confined voters and waives $75 docking for trained poll workers
Summary
The St. Joseph County Election Board approved travel-board assistance for incomplete/mail-ballot applications, cleared 222 incomplete registrations from 2024 following statutory notice requirements, and adopted a temporary exception to a $75 pay docking for previously trained workers who miss this year’s training.
The St. Joseph County Election Board voted to authorize the county travel board to assist voters with incomplete mail/absentee applications and to clear a backlog of incomplete registrations, and it approved a temporary exception to a $75 docking policy for previously trained poll workers who miss this year’s training.
Staff told the board they had a set of incomplete applications — many from confined or disabled voters in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities — that were received after the mail deadline. Staff proposed preparing a travel-board application package, taking the incomplete forms to those facilities, helping voters complete applications and, where appropriate, providing a ballot at the facility so eligible voters are not denied because of…
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