Approve Poll Workers for the 2022 Primary and General Elections and authorize the Elections Director to make substitutions as necessary prior to each election, to ensure that all Vote Centers are staffed adequately with trained election Poll Workers.

A.R.S. 16-531 requires the approval of Poll Workers prior to the election cycle. The Elections Department has made a concerted effort to provide continuity across elections during election cycles by maintaining the same election Poll Workers from election to election, making adjustments only when necessary. Examples of when a substitution may be necessary are those instances where an individual is not available for a specific election, or is not effective in the role assigned, or a dispute arises among a group of Poll Workers, or where fewer are needed for a board for a specific election. Another instance in which a situation may call for a substitution is where a Poll Worker received training and worked one election but is replaced by another worker who did not have an opportunity to work the first election. Cross-training is imperative. It is important to maintain a flexible, trained pool of Poll Workers with a wide variety of party representation to call on for future elections.

Move forward with the training scheduled from July 18 to July 22 for the Poll Workers on the attached list; substitute as necessary, based on circumstances that may arise.  Continue to fill the few remaining empty spots with qualified members of the public or appropriate County personnel.

The County will not be in compliance with A.R.S. 16-531 that requires the Board of Supervisors to approve Poll Workers and authorize the Elections Director to make substitutions as necessary. 

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