Applications are closed
Applications for election workers to support the 2024 Municipal Election are now closed. We thank all applicants, however due to the high volume of applications received only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All applications received will remain on file until the end of the 2024 Election. If you have questions about your application, please email election@halifax.ca.
What do election workers do?
There are different roles required to ensure that eligible voters can conveniently exercise their right to vote during advance voting and on election day:
- Supervising Deputy Returning Officer
- Ensures that polls are set up as required and that they open and close promptly at the prescribed time.
- Ensures that election officers are there on time.
- Directs the work of election officers in the polling location.
- Ensures that all candidate material is removed.
- Supervises the counting of the ballots.
- Manages the collection and return of ballot boxes.
- Handles escalated matters in the polling location related to voters/candidates or agents.
- Ensures ballot boxes/poll books and election material are secure at the polling location and returned by Deputy Returning Officers to the appropriate drop locations.
Rate of pay:
- $59 for 3-4 hours of training.
- Advance voting days: $22 per hour, plus 4% vacation pay for hours worked.
- Election day: $355 per day (one hour before the opening of the poll, to reporting of all polls/tables at the polling location).
- Deputy Returning Officer
- Sets up the poll with the necessary supplies.
- Ensures that the elector provides satisfactory proof of identity and address before voting.
- Hands the ballot to the elector and indicates the instructions to follow.
- Ensures that the poll clerk and candidates’ representatives follow the rules and procedures.
- Manages the registration process at the polling station.
- Counts the ballots, signs the related official forms and informs Election Central of the results.
- Returns the ballot box and related materials to the Returning Officer (RO) or SDRO, as instructed, at the end of voting.
Rate of pay:
- $59 for 3-4 hours of training.
- Advance voting days: $20 per hour, plus 4% vacation pay for hours worked.
- Election day: $269 per day (one hour before the opening of the poll, to reporting of all polls/tables at the polling location).
- Poll Clerk
- Assists the deputy returning officer to set up and open the polling station.
- Assists the deputy returning officer to ensure that voting proceeds in an orderly fashion.
- Locates the elector’s name on the list of electors and strikes it through.
- Maintains the Record of Poll.
- Assists with counting the ballots.
Rate of pay:
- $59 for 3-4 hours of training.
- Advance voting days: $20 per hour, plus 4% vacation pay for hours worked.
- Election day: $264 per day (one hour before the opening of the poll, to reporting of all polls/tables at the polling location).
- Information Officer
- Directs electors and candidates’ representatives to the appropriate polling station.
- Provides electors with information regarding satisfactory proof of identity and address.
- Consults the street key to determine electors’ polling divisions.
- Directs the orderly flow of people in the polling location.
- Ensures that the poll closes at the prescribed time and that electors in the polling location are processed by that time and have exercised their right to vote.
Rate of pay: $264 per day (one hour prior to the opening of the poll, to reporting of the poll at which the Information Officer is working) plus $59 for 3-4 hours of training.
- Driver
- Deliver supplies to (and from) various poll locations during advance polls and on election day.
- Deliver election materials back to Election Central after the poll locations have closed on election day.
- Drivers must have a valid driver’s license for the vehicle operated, along with a safe driving record and third party liability and vehicle insurance coverage.
Rate of pay: $247 per day (one hour prior to the opening of the poll, to reporting of the poll at which the driver is working) plus $59 for 3-4 hours of training.
- Advance Poll and Election Day Standby Workers
- Personnel that are trained to replace election and advance polling day workers in the event of an absence.
- Standby employees are required for each position.
Rate of pay: $86 per day. If standby workers are assigned a specific position, the individual will be paid at the position rate instead of the standby rate.
View the 2024 Tariff of Fees and Expenses for more information about compensation.