Red Deer Elections
Red Deer Elections
Election Employment
Elections Red Deer is hiring temporary election workers for the 2025 Municipal General Election.
To apply to become an election worker, click here.
Job Descriptions
Election workers help with voting and counting under the direction of a supervisor. All positions require mandatory training (one three-hour session) and all workers are paid for their training sessions.
- Oversees election officers and activities at assigned voting stations
- Provides coaching and mentorship to election officers
- Acts as a liaison between voters and election officers
- Ensures compliance with election legislation
- Ensures compliance with health and safety standards
- Maintains peace and order within the voting station
- Completes necessary administrative work in relation to the election
- Calls on supervisor for support as needed
- Calls on the Election Office for additional support as needed
Wage: $400.00 for each day worked
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- Assists the PDRO in overseeing election workers and activities at assigned voting station
- Assists election officers as needed
- Ensures compliance with election legislation
- Acts as a liaison between voters and election officers
- Maintains peace and order within the voting station
- Completes necessary administrative work in relation to the election
Wage: $375.00 for each day worked
- Ensures proper procedures are followed
- Verifies identification of voters
- Administers voter declarations
- Ensures all voters are added to the Permanent Electors Register (PER)
- Issues ballots to voters
- Completes necessary administrative work related to the election
- Performs other election related duties as assigned by the PDRO
- Calls on the PDRO for support as needed
- This position involves prolonged periods of sitting
Wage: $350.00 for each day worked
- Directs traffic to help maintain order and efficiency within the voting station
- Answers questions from voters
- Checks privacy screens regularly to ensure they are clean and have not been tampered with
- Performs other election related duties as assigned by the PDRO
- Calls on the PDRO for support as needed
- This position involves prolonged periods of standing
Wage: $300.00 for each day worked
- Assists electors in depositing ballots while maintaining the secrecy of the vote
- Performs other election related duties as assigned by the PDRO
- This position involves prolonged periods of standing
Wage: $300.00 for each day worked
Election Fact:
Counting of ballots will be done manually (by hand) in 2025, due to changes to the Local Authorities Elections Act in 2024 which prohibit the use of automated voting equipment such as electronic tabulators.