Elections Alberta Ramps up Hiring Efforts Ahead of Fall Referendum

Alberta seeks out-of-province help for massive referendum ballot count

Author: Melanie BennetElections Alberta is turning to election agencies outside the province for experienced personnel as it prepares to manually count millions of ballots from Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum within just 48 hours.The outside assistance comes as the agency undertakes what it has described as one of the largest referendum recruitment efforts in Canadian history, requiring at least 60,000 workers. Only about 13,000 were hired for Albe…

Elections Alberta ramps up hiring efforts ahead of fall referendum

Alberta’s elections agency remains pressed in smaller communities to find enough staff for a provincewide referendum vote that looms ever near.