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Election workers urge pay boost as Sedgwick County opens 2027 budget hearings
Summary
A Sedgwick County supervising judge urged commissioners to find $93,000 in the proposed budget to raise election worker pay ahead of larger upcoming elections, saying current pay ("$8 an hour") deters recruits and that election workers perform long, essential shifts.
Faith Martin, introduced by the clerk as a supervising judge with Sedgwick County Elections, told commissioners the county needs to identify funding now to raise election worker pay ahead of bigger elections next year.
"Find 93,000 and pay our election workers," Martin said, urging the commission not to delay funding decisions. She told the board that election workers often work 14–15 hour days and that teenage recruits "will not come work for $8 an hour." Martin asked commissioners to include raises for election workers in budget planning rather than deferring the issue.
Chair Powell acknowledged Martin's concerns about the appraisal process and funding but did not commit the commission to a specific pay increase during the hearing; staff later said they would report on election staffing levels by the Friday agenda review so the commission could determine whether immediate budget action is needed.
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