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CHARLESTON -- Wood, Doddridge and Tyler counties are among the 15 counties across West Virginia still seeking poll workers for the General Election Nov. 3, according to a news release from Secretary of State Kris Warner.
Requirements to be a poll worker include being a registered voter in your county, ability to read and write in English and attending poll worker training. In some counties, high school juniors and seniors in good educational standing may also qualify.
Poll workers are paid for both attending a training class and working the polls. Duties can include delivering election supplies to polling places, setting up voting rooms, verifying voter identities and registrations, greeting voters, issuing ballots, and securing the materials after polls close.
Wood County Clerk Joe Gonzales said Wood County has enough poll workers signed up, but they are always looking for alternates.
Gonzales said they have regularly have people who have to drop out for a variety of reasons right up to Election Day.
“I am glad they listed us,” he said. “People have called off the day before or the day of the election and we have to be prepared.”
“Anyone who is interested can contact us and we will put them on the alternate list.”
Wood County currently has 155 Republican poll workers and 120 Democrats for a total of 275.
Before, the county use to need 307 poll workers. The county consolidated voting precincts and now only needs 275.
They currently have 15 alternates. They are looking for Republicans, Democrats, third party voters, non-partisan and independent.
In Doddridge County, contact Elections Clerk Catee Slater at 304-873-2631, or by emailing doddridgecounty@wvsos.com. In Tyler County, contact Deputy Clerk Kim Loudin at 304-758-2102 or by emailing tylercounty@wvsos.com. And in Wood County, contact Deputy Clerk Alisha Cross at 304-424-1860, or by emailing woodcounty@wvsos.com.
Polls are open on election day from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. In most counties, according to Warner's office, poll workers work a full day, and they must arrive at the polling place before 5:45 a.m.