Residents urge pay increases for election workers and say appraisal process is "broken"
Public commenters at the Sedgwick County budget hearing urged commissioners to allocate funding for election worker pay, called for clarity around "core services," and said the county appraisal and appeals processes are failing homeowners.
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Faith Martin, a Sedgwick County election supervising judge who spoke during the county budget hearing, urged the board to find money for higher election-worker pay ahead of larger elections next year. "Find $93,000 and pay our election workers," Martin said, noting that many workers are leaving because pay and time demands make the job impractical.
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