Erie County election board approves $10 compensation for poll-worker training

The Erie County Special Election Board voted Aug. 7 to approve $10 compensation for poll-worker training.

Board members said the measure had been discussed at the prior meeting and moved quickly to a vote. A motion to approve the resolution passed with recorded “yes” responses from members who answered during roll call: Mister Sotelo, Mister Kowalik, Mister Schauerman and Chairman Drexel.

The board discussed the stipend briefly during the meeting; no amendments or conditions were offered during the floor discussion and members indicated there were no objections. The resolution was presented as a continuation of an earlier agenda conversation rather than a new proposal.

The vote was procedural and limited to the training stipend; the board did not attach additional funding details or implementation steps in the meeting record. Board staff did not specify how the stipend will be disbursed to individual poll workers or whether the payment will be taxable income for recipients.