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[Mnemosyne]

Election judges needed -- voter turnout likely to be big

Published: 1/24/2008 12:08 AM


If Kane County election officials could, they'd put up "Help Wanted" signs from one border to the next.

In the next two months, they will need more than 1,000 people to serve as election judges in a regular primary, a special primary and a special election.

"We don't have anywhere near what we need. We can always use more" said Linda Mitchell, the county's director of elections. "We have 223 precincts to staff. And we would like to have five judges for each precinct."

In the past, the majority of judges have been retired people. In the winter, many move to Florida and Arizona and return in the spring after the primaries.

"I have a feeling the turnout is going to be higher than usual for a primary," she said.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=119534&src=109