Approval to increase the wage for the Primary Election Day Poll Workers:

Action	Current Wage Rate (Non-Training)	Proposed Wage Rate (Non-Training)
Primary Election Day Judges	$8.00 per hour
Primary Election Day Alternate	$8.00 per hour

Election Day Primary Poll Workers:
TAC RULE 81.120 - Compensation for Election Day - Primary Workers (a)... the compensation paid to polling place judges, clerks, early voting ballot board members, or persons working at the central counting station for the general primary and primary runoff elections shall be equal to the hourly rate paid by the county for such workers in county elections up to $8.00 per hour from the primary fund.

Training rate will be $7.00 per hour for all Primary Election Day workers, to include Judges, Alternate Judges and Clerks.  Delivery Fee paid to Judges will increase to equal the County Paid Judges of $25.00. Hidalgo County will subsidize the difference that is not reimbursed by the Secretary of State's Primary Finance.