Student Election Workers Needed
On July 1, 2000 a new law went into effect in Kansas with the hope that it would provide for a greater awareness of the election process, the rights and responsibilities of voters, and the importance of participating in the electoral process. This law was designed for students and to help election officials fill positions at the polling place on Election Day.
The law allows a maximum of one student precinct board member at a polling place, if the student possesses the following qualifications:
- Is at least 16 years of age at the time of the election in which he or she is serving as a member of a precinct board.
- Is a United States citizen or will be a citizen at the time of the election in which he or she is serving as a member of a precinct board.
All area high schools participating in this program consider Election Day to be a community service/excused absence day. As an added bonus, you are paid the same as any poll worker - $110. You will work with a supervising judge, who has responsibility for the operation of the polling place. As a student election worker, you will be required to attend a three-hour training session, for which you will be paid an additional $15. Our office will notify you of the time and date of the training.
We hope that you will choose to participate in the Student Election Worker Program. Working together, we can take a positive step in reducing the decline in voter participation - now and in the future.
If you have any questions about this program, please feel free to contact Tom Ray, Election Manager at (913) 782-3441, or email at electionworker@jocoelection.org.
Additional Information
Qualifications
- Resident of Johnson County, Kansas
- U.S. Citizen
- Be at least 16 years of age on or before Election Day
- Copy of Social Security card
- Available for the complete day
- Election Workers: $110.00 a day.
- Hours: 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. Following the close of the polls at 7:00 p.m., all election workers assist the Supervising Judge in closing down the polling site.
- Attend a three-hour training session on polling site procedures and voting machines. Manuals are provided. Compensation: $15.00.
- Assist the Supervising Judge and share responsibility for the operation of polling site.
- Assist at registration book and activate voting machine.
- Assist with closing of the polls and packing of election supplies.
- There are a limited number of student election worker positions. In the event that the election office receives a large number of applications, the selection will be made by lottery.
- Students will be notified of appointment by mail 3 - 4 weeks prior to Election Day.
Participating Schools
Students from the following area high school schools participated in the
election process by serving as Election Workers at the polls. Each student
received three hours of comprehensive training in preparation for Election
Day.
Appreciation is extended to parents and school district administration for encouraging students to experience the election process at the grass root level.
Participating High Schools
- Bishop Miege High Shool
- Blue Valley High School
- Blue Valley North High School
- Blue Valley Northwest High School
- Blue Valley West High School
- De Soto High School
- Gardner Edgerton High School
- Marantha Academy
- Mill Valley High School
- Olathe East High School
- Olathe North High School
- Olathe Northwest High School
- Olathe South High School
- Shawnee Mission East High School
- Shawnee Mission North High School
- Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
- Shawnee Mission South High School
- Shawnee Mission West High School
- Spring Hill High School
- St James Academy
- St Thomas Aquinas
- Home Schooled
Student Participation by Election
- November 2000 - 131
- April 2001 - 17
- August 2002 - 10
- November 2002 - 129
- April 2003 - 20
- April 2004 - 4
- August 2004 - 23
- November 2004 - 242
- April 2005 - 40
- September 2005 - 74
- August 2006 - 12
- November 2006 - 173
- February 2007 - 7
- April 2007 - 34
- April 2008 - 28
- August 2008 - 94
Site last updated: August 29, 2008 2:18 PM
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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