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.

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