Responsibilities
Election judges have many responsibilities and perform several tasks on Election Day, including:
- Opening the polling place in the morning and closing it at night
- Setting up election equipment
- Providing assistance to voters
- Signing in voters
- Verifying voter qualifications
- Distributing ballots/activation cards for touch-screen machines
- Operating voting equipment
- Filling out forms
- Processing and transmitting votes at the end of the day
- Certifying vote totals
Eligibility
To be eligible to serve as an election judge, you must be:
- A U.S. citizen
- A resident of Kane County
- A registered voter
- Able to speak, read and write English
- Of good understanding and capable of performing duties
Candidates running for office and elected political party committeeperson are prohibited from serving as election judges.
Hours
Judges work long hours, arriving at the polling place at 5:00 am and working until the equipment is packed up after the polls close at 7 pm.
Compensation
After taking a 3 hour Certification training course a Certified Election Judge will then receive $250 for working Election day.
Commitment
Election judges are required to work the entire day. In addition, we would like you to commit to working all elections in a two year cycle (General Election, Consolidated Primary, Consolidated Election, and General Primary)