Election Judge

An Election Judge is a registered voter that works on Election Day to support a Flathead County polling location. They perform a variety of tasks to ensure the integrity of the voting process and uphold election laws.

These are registered voters from Flathead County that are paid for their training and hard work on Election Day. All Election Judges are educated in polling place and election procedures and regulations to ensure safe, secure, and free elections for Flathead County!

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• Must be at least 18 years old
• Must be registered to vote in Flathead County
• Attend required one 3.5-hour training class
• Cannot be a candidate or relative of a candidate running in the precinct you work. 
  • This differs for State and Federal offices!

There are a total of 11 polling places used during Federal Primary and General elections that service 56 precincts. On average, teams of four - one Chief Judge and three Election Judges - are trained, organized, and assigned to every precinct. Over 200 election judges are needed in order to adequately conduct polling place elections in Flathead County. 

Election Judges are trained to execute the following tasks required for polling locations:

• Greeting & checking in voters
• Directing voters to their correct polling place, if they have moved
• Setting up & taking down polling place 
• Issuing proper ballots to qualified voters and ensure that each qualified voter is permitted to only vote once
• Ensuring the secrecy of every voted ballot
• Balancing of poll boll issuance and maintaining accurate registers for each precinct

Chief Election Judges are trained and responsible for:

• Pickup & Return of polling place supplies
• Supervising of precinct team 
• Ensures proper execution of polling place procedures and state and federal guidelines
• Providing assistance to voters that must vote provisionally