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Council to reconcile past practice after mixed messages about election worker pay
Summary
Councilors discussed pay for election workers after correspondence from a former election committee chair; testimony cited $150 per person in one county example and $600 historically per person for town elections, and members asked staff to verify past compensation.
Chair (S2) read correspondence asking that two election personnel be paid for work on June 1 and said there had been confusion about whether election staff are volunteers or paid. “She… wanted to request that the two personnel, Miss Pavlius Brown and Miss Hobart get paid for what Jamie did on June 1,” the chair said.
Commissioner (S3) said that in a Wicomico County arrangement, four people working two 6-hour shifts were given "$150 per person, each of those 4 people." Chair (S2) said he found records indicating the town previously paid $600 per person for an election. Members agreed to verify past practice and determine consistent compensation going forward; no final payment decision was made at the meeting.
