Pay raise for poll workers advances
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A committee of select members of the Indianapolis City-County Council on Tuesday advanced a proposal to give raises to poll workers.
If approved, the pay increases would take effect for the Nov. 5 election. The goal of the proposal is the increase the number of poll workers.
The council’s Administration and Finance Committee on Tuesday recommended the full council approve Proposal 313 . The council will meet next at 7 p.m. Monday in the City-County Building.
Pay for absentee voter board workers would go from $11 per hour to $15 per hour.
Election Day clerks would get $180 a day; that’s up from $100.
Election Day inspectors would see their pay increase from $200 a day to $240 a day.
News 8’s Kyla Russell and Danielle Zulkosky contributed to this report.