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By Tanner Smith

Elections

The City of Grande Prairie is looking for residents to be election workers

Aug 17, 2022 | 6:00 AM

The City of Grande Prairie is looking for residents to work at voting stations for the by-election in October.

They are hiring both a Presiding Deputy Returning Officer (PDRO) and Deputy Returning Officer (DRO).

The PDRO’s responsibilities include:

• Supervising the voting station as a whole.
• Communication with the centralized election office.
• Ensures all legislated election requirements are met.
• They also set up, close, and maintain voting booths, equipment, and election material.

The DRO’s responsibilities include:

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• Helping with setup,
• Closure and maintenance.
• Helping voters with registration such as verifying voter identification and issuing ballots.

Both positions are expected to be on-site and at their assigned station for the entire election day shift, or until all duties are complete.

The election shifts are:

Advanced Voting

• October 8 and 15 (two days) from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (or until duties are complete)
• PDRO – $600 (two days)
• DRO – $450 (two days)

Election Day

• October 17 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (or until duties are complete)
• PDRO – $300 (one day)
• DRO – $225 (one day)

Election workers will also be compensated $50 (per course) for the training course they have to complete after being hired.

All applications will be accepted until the positions have been filled.

If you want more information or you’re interested in applying, you can go to the website and fill out an application by clicking here.