September 24, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
With a presidential election year coming up in 2020, the DeKalb County Election Commission is looking for election-day workers.
“We could use a few more workers in 2020, especially for the March 3 election as some of the people who normally work will not be available that day,” Dennis Stanley, Administrator of Elections said.
The election commission is responsible for officially appointing workers for every election, and the appointments for March will likely begin in December.
Workers are required to go through a brief training class in advance of election day and must be a resident and a registered voter in DeKalb County.
Polls are open on Election Day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and workers must be in the precinct one hour before polls open to set the precinct up. All the workers must stay the entire day and leave together that evening. Workers are paid for their services.
To obtain more information, potential workers can come by the election office on the first floor of the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville or call 615-597-4146.