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ELECTION WORKERS

Opportunities exist for persons eighteen years of age or older, to work as an Election Officer on By-Election Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at any one of the voting places in the City of Winnipeg River Heights - Fort Garry Ward and/or for future elections.

The following Election Officer positions will be established at each voting place:

SENIOR VOTING OFFICER (SVO)

  • Acts in a supervisory capacity by monitoring voting procedures and assisting in problem solving. The Senior Voting Officer will be the liaison with Election Headquarters.
VOTING PLACE DIRECTOR (VPD)
  • Oversees the set up and closing of the voting place and coordinates all voting activities. The Voting Place Director directs the voters as they enter the voting place and provides assistance in identifying the correct voting station and respective VRO.
VOTING RECORD OFFICER (VRO)
  • Receives each voter, strikes through the name and address of each voter in the Voting Record and issues the appropriate ballot.
AUTOMATED VOTING MACHINE (AVM) CLERK
  • Receives each ballot contained within a secrecy sleeve and inserts the ballot into the Automated Voting Machine. The AVM Clerk is also responsible for printing three tabulation tapes at the close of voting and for delivery of the Memory Pack to Election Headquarters at City Hall within 40 minutes after the close of voting. For this reason, the person assuming these duties must possess a valid drivers' license and a reliable vehicle.
VOTING PLACE CLERK
  • Provides assistance to the voter as required and acts in a relief capacity for all Election Officer functions.
CLERK FOR OATHS (CFO)
  • Issues the Oath of Voter if a voter's name is not on the Voters List or to those voters otherwise referred by the VROs.
If you would like to be an Election Officer, please complete the online application form.

Once we receive your information, we will contact you to confirm the particulars provided and to collect additional information to assist in our recruitment.

Please note that filing an application does not guarantee your selection.

For more information, please call 311 to reach the City of Winnipeg's Contact Centre.

Last update: 2009/01/20 go to top of page

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