Duties of an Election Official
Duties include setting up the polling place, registering voters, issuing ballots, recording who votes, monitoring the election equipment, completing Election Day forms, tallying write-in votes, and closing the polls.
Qualifications to serve as an Election Official:
- Be an eligible voter in Dane County (an adult U.S. citizen who has resided in Dane County for at least 28 days, and not disqualified from voting)
- Have never been convicted of a felony
- Attend training
- Ability to effectively work well with multicultural populations
- Pay close attention to detail
- Speak, read, write, and understand English
- Be capable of performing each task at the polling place
- Work well with others
- Perform duties in a non-partisan manner
- Abide by state and federal election laws
- Never engage in electioneering at the polling place
- Treat all voters with respect
- Treat Election Officials and Clerk's Office employees with respect
- Be free from the influence of alcohol and/or drugs while at the polls
- Not be a candidate for any office on the ballot for that election