How do you get a job at the elections ?

Red Sleeping Beauty · 09-06-2009 11:14PM #1

Sorry for the lack of articulation in the question but how does one get a job at a polling station and at an election count ?

Is there some kind of extensive background check done on the person , does one have to reveal any political allegiance ? How is the deciding officer picked ?

Collie D · 09-06-2009 11:20PM

Have often wondered that myself. Could be a handy few extra quid for counting or whatever. Not sure I could sit in a polling station all day though, could get pretty boring.

gcgirl · 10-06-2009 04:45PM

Collie D wrote: »

Have often wondered that myself. Could be a handy few extra quid for counting or whatever. Not sure I could sit in a polling station all day though, could get pretty boring.

Bring a book the lady i got my ballot papers off had this Hidious :mad:Cecelia Ahern book!!

redfacedbear · 10-06-2009 04:55PM

The count staff for the recent local elections were staff members of the Local Authority in question and the Returning Officer a senior staff member of the Authority. Not sure how it works for the Polling Stations or for the European counts.

In the Authority I work for they asked for volunteers for the count and picked from those who put their name forward

How do you get a job at the elections ?

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