Poll worker pay raises approved

Williamson County commissioners approved a $2 per hour raise for poll workers Aug. 20.

The increase is the first raise for poll workers in the county since 2004, Williamson County Elections Administrator Jason Barnett said.

Mobile voting supervisors will make $14 per hour and mobile voting clerks $12 per hour, election judges and early voting supervisors $12 per hour, and alternate judges and clerks $10 per hour, according to a news release.

Barnett said the county staffs an average of eight workers per polling location. Poll workers may work hours between 6 a.m. and midnight on early voting or election days.

"This is hopefully a great way to retain and recruit poll workers in Williamson County," Barnett said in a statement.

For more information on Williamson County elections, vote centers or new voter identification requirements, visit www.wilco.org/elections.