IF in fact you are classified as an employee of the Board of Elections there are a few points that need to be noted:
1) As a state or local gvernment employee you would fall under the Workplace Violence Prevention Act and carrying a firearm is one of the things that act prohibits.
2) As an employee you are entitled to certain benefits and privileges, among which are the right to use the employee dispute resolution process. Doing so first should not impede your ability to later seek redress outside that venue. The state Department of Personnel Management should be contacted to assist you in immediately filing a grievance complaint for failure to inform you of your employee status and the rules you are required to follow.
3) I cannot recall exactly where it is written, but the Dept of Human Resources can give it to you. Employees must be paid. You performed work without compensation or benefits, which is either fraud or slavery, I forget which.
4) Yes, volunteers are required to follow the same Rules of Conduct as employees. But they are required to be informed of those rules and sign a form stating that they have been informed, have read, understand and agree to abide by the rules. It looks like at least some of those requirements were not met.
5) You are NOT an employee of nor a volunteer for the Board of Elections, as you were selected and appointed by a specific political party to perform acts in furtherance of the goals and objectives of that political party*. State employment/volunteering prohibits selection based on political party affiliation.
*Yes, seeing that the other side does not pull any fast ones to try to throw the election also helps the Board of Elections do its job, but they have their own employees and the cops to call on to achieve that. You represent the political party when at the polls.
When this is all over can we haul all the fertilizer this is generating over to Peter Nap's farm. I hear he sucks the life out of just about everything, so replenishing his soil would be a good thing. (Hey, Peter - when do I get the $5.00 you promised me if you could get your fields fertilized for free?):lol:
stay safe.
