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Adopt a Polling Place Program

"Share Your Day....and Your Pay" - A Fundraising Project

Johnson County organizations and businesses are invited to join the election worker team by adopting a polling place for Election Day.

At each adopted polling place, your team can earn money for the fundraising project of your organization, employee fund, or charitable organization. Money is based on the number of people signed up for one 13-hour day. An additional $15 per person will be paid to each person who attends a three-hour training session. Following the election, team members would donate their earnings to your organization's fundraising project.

Your participation in this partnership will promote civic responsibility, support the democratic process, and earn dollars for your group! View election dates here (2007, 2008, 2009).

The following information provides detail information about the program including a brief description of election worker duties and responsibilities.

The first step to participate in the program is to complete the Organization Response Form. Please forward this form to our office as soon as possible.

The second step is to distribute the Election Worker Response Form to the interested members of your organization/group and review the below. Again, they should complete the form and return it to our office as soon as possible.

If your group wishes to be assigned to a specific location or to work with specific team members, please be sure to note that on the response form under "comments."

To learn more about this project or if you have questions, please contact us at (913) 782-3441, ext. 6814 or ext. 6836.

Election Worker General Information

Qualifications

Resident of Johnson County, Kansas
Registered to vote at current address
Complete three (3) hours of training
Available for the complete day

Compensation

Supervising Judges: $135.00 a day
Election Workers: $110.00 a day
Training Session: $15.00

Hours

Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
All election workers report to their assigned work site on Election Day no later than 6:00 a.m. to prepare for 7:00 a.m. opening of the polls.
For Presidential Elections only, election workers report at 5:00 a.m. for the 6:00 a.m. opening of the polls.
Following the close of the polls at 7:00 p.m., all election workers assist the supervising judge in closing down the polling site.

Election Boards

Election Boards are responsible for the election process at each polling place.
Election Boards are comprised of a Supervising Judge and a minimum of 2 Election Workers.
All election workers are required to complete three hours of training.

Supervising Judges

The Supervising Judge is the person in charge of the polling place and is responsible for the operation of the polling place.
On the Monday preceding the election, the Supervising Judge picks up election supplies at Election Office, reviews the Supervising Judge Procedure notebook, enters the name of Monday morning advance voters in Registration Book, calls the assigned election workers to confirm that each one will report on Election Day at 6:00 a.m. and notifies the Election Office of any prospective absences.
On Election Day, the Supervising Judge assigns the duties to the Election Board. All election workers arrange the polling place to receive voters and post all signs. The Supervising Judge officially opens the polls and manages the processing of voters.
On Election Night, the Supervising Judge officially closes the polls by closing the doors to the polls at 7:00 p.m. but allows all voters who are in line at 7:00 p.m. to have the opportunity to vote. Following the printing of the Results Tape and removal of the PC Cards from voting machines, the Supervising Judge directs the designated driver to promptly deliver the PC cards to the assigned Drop-off Site. After the polling place materials have been secured, the Supervising Judge delivers the black supply suitcase promptly to the assigned Drop-off Site.

Election Workers

Election Workers assist the Supervising Judge and share responsibility for the operation of the polling site.
They greet voters, assist at registration book and card encoder machine, accompany each voter to a voting machine, verify Voter Receipt information, collect Voter Cards and issue "I Voted" Stickers.
Following the close of the polls at 7:00 p.m., all election workers assist the Supervising Judge in closing the polling site.

Adopt a Polling Place Participants

The Election Office appreciates the organizations that have participated as members of the Adopt a Polling Place program to date:

Aldersgate United Methodist Church Sunday School
American Association of University Women
American Century Investments
Asbury Methodist Men's Breakfast Group
Beta Sigma Phi - Laureate Beta Iota Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi - XI Theta Omega
Breakpointe Community Church
Catholic Charities - Mother-to-Mother
Cherokee Christian Church
Children's Miracle Network
Community of Christ - Lenexa
Court Services
Crossroads Church, RCA
Cub Scout Pack #3280, Maranatha Acadamey
District Attorney's Office - Feed the Need
Greater Kansas City Needlepoint Guild
Harvest Ridge Covenant Church
Heartland Cosmopolitan Club
Heritage Ridge Covenant Church
International Association of Administrative Professionals
Kiwanis - College Boulevard
Kiwanis - Merriam
Kiwanis - Old Mission
Kiwanis - Overland Park
Knights of Columbus #11126 - Good Shepherd
League of Women Voters
Leawood United Methodist Women
Lenexa Historical Society
Lenexa Masonic Lodge #135
Lions Club - Leawood
Lions Club - Shawnee
Merriam Christian Church
Military Officers Association of America
NEA - Shawnee Mission
Olathe Business and Professional Women's Organization
Olathe District Schools - Retired Employee Association
Old Mission Methodist Church - Pathfinders
Optimist Club - Blue Valley
Optimist Club - Olathe Clockwinders
Optimist Club - Merriam
Overland Park Noon Lion's Club
Prairie Center Church of God
Shriner's - Abdallah Oriental Band
Shawnee Mission Northwest Drumline
Shawnee Mission Pilot Club
Shughart, Thomson and Kilroy Law Associates
Sprint
VFW #6654 - De Soto
Village Presbyterian Church
Wal Mart Distribution Center
West Lenexa SDA Church
Zonta of Johnson County

Partner in Democracy Participants

The members of the Partner in Democracy program participate in the election process by providing the use of their facilities as polling places and other courtesies. The Election Office appreciates the organizations that have participated as members of the Partner in Democracy program to date:

Boardroom Barbeque Restaurant
City of Overland Park
Denny's Restaurant
Krispy Kreme Donuts
Leona Yarbrough's Restraurant
Old Chicago Restaurant
Ranch Mart Shopping Center
Reece & Nichol's

Site last updated: April 24, 2008 9:23 AM

Please send any comments or questions to the developer at election@jocoelection.org or to the Johnson County Election Office 2101 E. Kansas City Road, Olathe, Kansas 66061. Phone: (913) 782-3441. Fax: (913) 791-1753.

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