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Douglas County, Nebraska mobilizes approximately 2,000 poll workers for each county-wide election. Ourworkforce is composed of volunteers and persons drafted to serve election duty. Election workers may work avariety of duties from working at polling places, to answering phones at the Election Commission office, tocounting ballots.

More than any other election duty, our greatest need is poll workers - election workers who serve voters at a polling place. Working with your fellow poll workers and under the supervision of an Inspector, you will:

Open the poll. Arrive at the polling place by 7:00 a.m., and prepare the poll so it is ready for voters at 8:00 a.m.
Administer elections properly and fairly.
Assist voters through the voting process.
Close the poll at 8:00 p.m., and work until all duties are complete.

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The Douglas County Election Commission administers fair elections for all political subdivisions within the county and does everything possible to ensure every vote counts. We simply could not do it without our volunteers. As an election worker at a polling place, you will:

Be a part of the democratic process. Learn about our election process and help ensure our elections are fair for everyone.
Serve your neighbors. Polling places are located in your community, so you will assist familiar and new faces - all eager to participate in our democracy.
Serve your community. Join the more than 2,000 volunteers necessary to properly administer our elections.
Be compensated for your time. You are paid for training and a minimum of $12.00 per hour for your election duty. You also receive paid lunch and dinner breaks. Learn more.
Work without penalty from your employer. State law allows you to work on Election Day without penalty from your employer. Your employer must allow you to work an election and cannot require you to use vacation or sick time, and you cannot lose regular pay or overtime. Learn more.

The Douglas County Election Commission serves more than 350,000 registered voters at approximately 230 precincts across the county from downtown Omaha to Valley and from Bennington to Ralston. It takes more than 2,000 election workers to administer each election. More than fifty-percent of all election workers are volunteers. The Election Commission must draft voters to serve election duty in order to ensure elections are administered properly and fairly.

Why was I drafted for election duty? You were randomly chosen from the roll of registered voters in the county to serve election duty as authorized by Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-221.
How many elections am I required to work? Drafted election workers must serve four (4) elections to complete their required service. Draftees will be notified no less than 60 days prior to an election if they are required to work that election. Mailing dates will be listed under Important Dates.
May I be excused from election duty? If you are age 70 or older, you may choose to be excused from election duty, or if you feel that you are unable to fulfill your election duty for health or other sufficient reasons, your election duty may be postponed for one or more elections or excused altogether.

Documentation is required and must meet certain criteria. We do not require documentation from voters who are (a) 70 or older and choose to opt-out of election duty and/or (b) candidates for public office or their immediate family members since a voter's age and candidate filing status are known to the Election Commission. Information on the Cannot Work/Accommodations page helps drafted election workers determine (1) whether or not they are eligible for a postponement, excusal, or accommodations, (2) what documentation (if any) is required in order to be granted a postponement, excusal, or accommodations, and (3) how to submit your documentation. Due dates will be listed under Important Dates.
I can work but need accommodations in order to work. You may have a medical issue or personal circumstance that requires accommodations in order to perform your election duty. Examples of accommodations include: cannot sit for long periods of time, needs breaks to express milk for a newborn, etc. We may ask you to work a different duty if the accommodations needed prevent you from completing the responsibilities of your duty or cannot be provided at your worksite.

Documentation is required and must meet certain criteria. Information on the Cannot Work/Accommodations page helps drafted election workers determine (1) whether or not they are eligible for a postponement, excusal, or accommodations, (2) what documentation (if any) is required in order to be granted a postponement, excusal, or accommodations, and (3) how to submit your documentation. Due dates will be listed under Important Dates.
What happens if I don't fulfill the obligations of my election duty? A draftee who fails to serve the term of their appointment is guilty of a Class V misdemeanor. As outlined in Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-221, the names of violators shall be submitted to local law enforcement for citation.

All newly drafted election workers must complete a New Election Worker Questionnaire form. Due dates will be listed under Important Dates and in your draft notice.

If an election worker does not wish to serve, they may cancel their voter registration; however, they will be unable to vote. If a draftee re-registers to vote, they are still required to serve their election duty. A voter may cancel their registration by filing a Voter Cancellation Form with the Election Commission.

There are various types of elections that require different election worker placement methods. Depending on the election type, the process of placement requires nomination, appointment, and placement. Additionally, procedures vary depending on placement in Early Voting or Election Day. When Harris County is responsible for placement, it gives preference to appointed historical workers with a second preference to appointed precinct chairs.

In elections in which Commissioners Court appoints Election Day judges, appointed judges will be sent a notice of appointment within 20 days of appointment. The notice will contain the appointment term.

Note: Placement letters may be delayed in jurisdictional elections when cancellations affect Vote Center selection and distribution of equipment and clerk allocations. Delays may also occur depending on the availability of IT to configure letter sending applications.

Harris County will offer appointment times for presiding judges to pick up their supplies. The link to schedule this appointment is available in the presiding judge placement letter. Typically, pick-ups take between 30 minutes and an hour. The earliest pick-up appointments tend to take longer for multiple factors, including high traffic from judges showing up earlier than their initial appointments.

When a will is approved and allowed, the probate court shall issue letters testamentary to the executor named in the will or to the executor nominated by holders of a power as described in section 2107.65 of the Revised Code, or to the executor named in the will and to a coexecutor nominated by holders of that power, if the executor or coexecutor is suitable, competent, accepts the appointment, and gives bond if that is required.

If no executor is named in a will and no power as described in section 2107.65 of the Revised Code is conferred in the will, or if the executor named in a will or nominated pursuant to that power dies, fails to accept the appointment, resigns, or is otherwise disqualified and the holders of the power do not have authority to nominate another executor or the power is not conferred in the will, or if the power is conferred in a will but the power cannot be exercised because of the death of a holder of the power, letters of administration with the will annexed shall be granted to a suitable person or persons, named as devisees or legatees in the will, who would have been entitled to administer the estate if the decedent had died intestate, unless the will indicates an intention that the person or persons shall not be granted letters of administration. Otherwise, the court shall grant letters of administration with the will annexed to some other suitable person.

Upon granting of letters testamentary or of administration, the power of a special administrator appointed under section 2113.15 of the Revised Code shall terminate and the special administrator shall transfer to the executor or administrator all the assets of the deceased in the possession or under the control of the special administrator. The special administrator shall file an account of the special administration within thirty days of the appointment of the executor or administrator. The account shall be in conformance with section 2109.30 of the Revised Code. The executor or administrator may be admitted to prosecute any suit begun by the special administrator, as an administrator de bonis non is authorized to prosecute a suit commenced by a former executor or administrator.

If a will of a deceased is proved and allowed after letters of administration have been granted as of an intestate estate, the first administration shall be revoked, unless before the revocation a complaint contesting the probate of the will is filed in the probate court. If a complaint of that nature is filed, the probate court may allow the administration to be continued by the original administrators until the final determination of the contest. If the will is sustained, the first administration shall be revoked. In either case, upon revocation of the first administration and the appointment of an executor or administrator with the will annexed, that executor or administrator shall be admitted to prosecute or defend any suit, proceeding, or matter begun by or against the original administrator, in the same manner as an administrator de bonis non is authorized to prosecute or defend a suit commenced by a former executor or administrator.