Employment – Kingston Seeks Staff for 2010 Municipal Election

Published on: 2010/09/01 - in Releases

Must be available for training, advance polls and Election Day

Kingston Municipal electionKINGSTON, ONT. / Sept. 1, 2010 – The City’s Election Office is accepting applications for employment for Technical Deputy Returning Officers, Deputy Returning Officers, Revision Clerks, Information Clerks and Standbys for this fall’s municipal election.

“We are looking for civic-minded Kingstonians to act in these important roles during the upcoming election.  Election Officials are on an election’s front line at the polls. It’s really exciting to be part of democracy in action,” says John Bolognone, Assistant Returning Officer.

Election Officials must be 18 years or older and may not be a candidate or the spouse, sibling, parent or child, or grandparent or grandchild of a candidate running in the 2010 municipal election.

Completed applications must be filed in person at the Election Office at City Hall, 216 Ontario St. All applicants are required to complete a written exam at the time of filing the completed application form (the exam takes about an hour to complete).  Applications will be accepted until 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9.

Job descriptions and application forms are available at www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/election/employment.asp and at the Election Office.

The following positions are available:

–        Technical Deputy Returning Officer – $225 per day
–        Deputy Returning Officer – $150 per day
–        Revision Clerk – $150 per day
–        Information Clerk – $110 per day
–        Standby – $50 per day

Election Officials are required for the following Voting Days:

–        Saturday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
–        Wednesday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and
–        Monday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Officials are required to pick up their voting day supplies on the day prior to the voting day, to arrive at the polls one hour prior to opening and to stay after the closing of the poll to attend to the required duties. Also, all Election Officials are required to attend a mandatory instruction meeting (which is included in the rate of pay) to be scheduled during the week of October 4.

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