Election Information – Eureka Township

Become an Election Judge

Election judges are essential to our democracy. Serving as an election judge provides an opportunity to learn more about the election process and is a great service to our community. If you are selected to serve, judges will be paid an hourly rate of $18 per hour. To encourage participation, state law allows individuals to take time off from work, without penalty of loss of wages, to serve as an election judge.

Official Duties

Required Qualifications

On Election Day you may be expected to:

To serve as an election judge you must:

set up the polling place
greet and direct voters
register voters
ensure all qualified voters are permitted to vote
demonstrate how to vote
distribute ballots to voters
assist voters
operate voting equipment
determine results after polls close
close and pack up the polling place

be a United States citizen
be a Minnesota resident
not have had your voting rights revoked
be able to read, write, and speak English
complete 2 hours of training
be appointed by the Township Clerk

You cannot be:

the spouse, parent, step-parent, child, step-child, sibling, step-sibling of any election judge serving at the same time in the same precinct
domiciled, either permanently or temporarily, with any candidate on the ballot at that election
a candidate on the ballot at that election

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2024 Election Dates

Who can Vote in Minnesota?

To vote you must be:

a United States citizen
at least 18 years old on Election Day
a resident of Minnesota for 20 days
not currently incarcerated for a felony offense
not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes your right to vote
not been found by a court to be legally incompetent