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