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Putnam County Election Administrator Michelle Honeycutt said the county commission approving election worker raises should hopefully help recruiting efforts. Honeycutt said the election office needs more democratic workers. “We were very happy about that,” Honeycutt said. “They’ve not had a pay raise since 2010, and with everything going up including gas, they needed it. They really did.” Commissioners voted in ... Read More »

Putnam County Election Administrator Michele Honeycutt said election workers in the county are underpaid. Honeycutt said she is currently working on a pay scale chart for the Election Commission to consider. The goal is to have it prepared by the February 18th meeting. “It’s very hard to get people to work as election workers, and we feel like possibly if ... Read More »

About one-third of Putnam County election worker will skip the August election. Election Administrator Michele Honecutt told the Election Commission that equates to around 70 workers. Although they have filled many of those positions, Honeycutt said the state is requiring county election officials to double their normal workforce “The state is saying that on election day, people might get up ... Read More »