H.C.R. No. 50 Summary

• Urges the Office of Elections to increase stipend amounts for election day officials in consultation with the Legislature.

• Notes that election day officials have not received stipend increases since 2006, despite working 60-90 minute training sessions plus full election days starting at 5:30 a.m. and ending after 6 p.m.

• Current stipends vary by position: election information services officials receive $85, counting center officials receive $85-$95, and most precinct officials receive $85 (with range of $5-$175 depending on responsibilities).

• Identifies staffing shortages at some polling places due to insufficient recruitment of election day officials, which could be addressed through higher stipends.

• Requests the Chief Election Officer submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2019 Regular Session with recommendations for increasing election day official stipends.