[EL] how does election observing work at polling places?

[Richard Winger]

In California, four employees (or sometimes five) are present in each precinct.  They are chosen in a completely non-partisan manner, and typically the same individuals do these jobs over and over again, for years.  Some individuals have served as long as 50 years.  They each receive wages of between $120 and $175.  The titles are archaic, and are "inspector" (who has the most authority) and 3 or 4 "clerks".  Students who are too young to register sometimes fill these positions, but otherwise the employees must be registered voters in that county.

Richard Winger

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PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147

--- On Sat, 11/3/12, Doug Hess <douglasrhess at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Doug Hess <douglasrhess at gmail.com>
Subject: [EL] how does election observing work at polling places?
To: "Election Law" <Law-election at department-lists.uci.edu>
Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 11:08 AM


I assume this varies by state, but what are the various "positions" at a polling place and who fills them? I.e., what do salaried election staff do, volunteers, paid temporary staff, party observers, etc. do? How do the True the Vote people fit into that? Are they trying to fill the party observer role or train those people? Or is there some other role any old citizen can play by hanging around inside the precinct place? 


Douglas R. Hess, PhD
Washington, DC
ph. 202-277-6400
douglasrhess at gmail.com  

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