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Elections BC Looking to Hire 17K Workers After Snap Election Called
The office says most roles pay more than $300 a day and include paid training as it prepares for advance voting and election day.
- Elections BC launched a recruitment drive seeking approximately 17,000 workers to staff the snap provincial election scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24. Positions remain open at district electoral offices and voting places throughout the province.
- Roles include Ballot Issuing Officer and Information Officer positions, with compensation ranging from $326 to $460 daily plus paid training. Applicants must be at least 15 years old and prepared for approximately 15-hour shifts from 7 a.m. to around 10 p.m.
- Chief Electoral Officer Shipra Verma confirmed Elections BC recently requested $50 million from the provincial government to prepare. The agency navigates potential space constraints due to the Oct. 17 municipal election overlap with provincial advance voting.
- Provincial law prohibits individuals from holding both an MLA position and a local office simultaneously, Verma noted. Candidates may run in both contests but cannot sit as both an MLA and local official if elected to both.
- Advance voting for the provincial contest runs from Friday, Oct. 16 to Wednesday, Oct. 21, with Elections BC prioritizing recruitment to maintain consistent service levels. Verma said, "We still need to hire the same amount of people to deliver the same level of service.
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Elections BC needs to hire 17K workers to run snap election - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
Elections BC is gearing up for a snap provincial election and needs to hire 17,000 workers to run it. “The previous election, we had 17,000 people,” B.C. Chief Electoral Officer Shipra Verma said Wednesday. “We still need to hire the same amount of people to deliver the same level of service.” Verma would not say how many people Elections BC has hired so far. Elections BC may also have some challenges securing enough polling places. Advance voti…
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