Board recommends pay increase for Election Day poll workers, goes now to Monroe County commissioners

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Board recommends pay increase for Election Day poll workers, goes now to Monroe County commissioners

At a special meeting on Monday, Monroe County’s election board voted to recommend a change to county code that would increase the not-to-exceed amounts for Election Day poll workers. It is the Monroe County commissioners, who would need to enact the change to the county code that sets Election Day poll worker pay. But the election board will still have a role to play, even after county code is changed to specify a higher range, assuming that com…