• Precinct Superintendent - responsible for the overall management of the activities and workers in the polling place.  Ensures order is maintained and the Election Board performs its duties correctly on Election Day.  Precinct Superintendents also contact workers to schedule work and training, pick up election supplies at Election School prior to each election, communicates with the Auditor’s Office to resolve questions pertaining to a voter's eligibility to vote, and returns election supplies to the Auditor’s Office on election night with another poll worker.
• Precinct Deputy – Registration Book Official – responsible for properly processing voters, looks up voter registration in Registration Book; processes the appropriate forms to update the record of an eligible voter; verifies voter ID and/or personal ID affidavit; records voter’s number from Poll Book in the Registration Book, helps setting up and breaking down the polling room.
• Precinct Deputy – Poll Book Official - responsible for properly processing voters, assists Registration Book Official with appropriate forms to update the record of an eligible voter; either write voter’s name or assists voter in writing their own name in the Poll Book; gives that number to the Registration Book Official, helps setting up and breaking down the polling room.
• Precinct Deputy - Ballot Box Official – issues correct ballot to the voter, responsible for the proper operation of the voting machine, and supervising the ballot box at all times.  Also assists in setting up and breaking down the polling room.  In some precincts, this official is also the Precinct Superintendent.
• Precinct Deputy – Voter Assist Terminal – assists voters who vote on the AutoMark voting machine which provides privacy and accessibility to voters who are blind, vision-impaired, or have a disability or condition that would make it difficult or impossible to mark a ballot in the usual way.
• Alternates - additional poll workers who are hired and trained for the specific purpose of being ready to work on an as-needed basis.  Alternates do not report to a polling place until contacted by the Auditor’s Office and remain available to report to a polling location until 9 a.m. on election day.
• Precinct Runners - roving workers to provide a variety of assistance throughout the day.  Runners troubleshoot equipment problems, and provide needed supplies.  Runners are Auditor’s Office staff.
• Absentee Precinct Deputy – responsible for properly processing absentee ballots, verifying signatures and resolving questions as to a voter’s identity, transports ballots to counting center, sets up and breaks down the Absentee Precinct.  Must also be available as an Alternate and may be sent to a Precinct in need of help on Election Day.

On Election Day, Election Board officials and members of the Auditor’s office staff work as a team to ensure the integrity of the Election process and to guarantee the voting rights of all qualified voters in Pennington County.

 

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