Get Election Inspector Manual - City Of Milwaukee - City Milwaukee 2020-2024

Election Inspectors assist electors with voting and voter registration at the polls on election days. Basic Election officials earn $9.25 per hour and are required to attend training prior to working at the polls.

Since 1960, Milwaukee has been a stronghold of the Democratic Party both locally and nationally, but the city is largely divided between different factions of Democrats.

Each polling location is staffed with a minimum of six poll workers, including a Warden, a Clerk, and four Inspectors. Translators are also assigned to each polling location, based on need. All poll workers are paid, and subject to very specific rules/guidelines/policies.

Election Inspectors (poll workers) conduct assigned duties at a polling site on Election Day. Duties can include issuing ballots to registered voters, registering voters, monitoring the voting equipment, explaining how to mark the ballot or use the voting equipment or counting votes.

Election inspectors receive a $220 stipend for a full-day shift and $113 for a half-day shift on Election Day.

Poll workers conduct assigned duties at a polling site during early voting and on Election Day. Duties can include processing voters, explaining how to mark a ballot, use the voting equipment, or counting votes.

To be a poll worker, a person must: Be a qualified elector of the county in which the municipality is located (i.e., an adult citizen of the United States who has resided in the election district for 28 consecutive days and is not otherwise disqualified to vote) Be able to read and write fluently in the English language.

To be a poll worker, a person must: Be a qualified elector of the county in which the municipality is located (i.e., an adult citizen of the United States who has resided in the election district for 28 consecutive days and is not otherwise disqualified to vote) Be able to read and write fluently in the English language.