Elections BC is looking for help from the younger generation to ensure the provincial election set for Oct. 19 runs smoothly.
Its Youth at the Booth program hires high school students to work as election officials on election night and during byelections.
Applicants should be between the ages of 15 and 19 and be legally entitled to work in Canada, have a valid social insurance number, and have their parents’ approval and their own transportation.
They also should be interested in community service and democracy in B.C., by ensuring every voter can vote, be interested in community service, service clubs or student government, and be impartial and computer savvy.
Ballot issuing officers, information officers and tabulator officers will be hired for election night verifying voter ID, updating voter records, issuing ballots and providing instructions on how to mark their ballot, traffic control, providing information and placing signs, and setting up and helping people use the vote-tabulator machine. Training is required and paid.
The rate for an information officer or tabulator officer on election day is $310 while a ballot-issuing officer will make $325.
In order to apply, students can apply online in whatever electoral district they want by going to: elections.bc.ca/current-jobs/.
However, they can only work in one district.
Schools are also welcome to promote the Youth at the Booth and can register their school’s participation in the program by emailing: [email protected].
