Election Operations Assistant

County of Santa Clara; California; On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

County of Santa Clara is seeking personnel to assist during elections, preparing materials, recruiting volunteers, and supporting various election functions. The role is described as Extra-Help, with duties spanning distribution of supplies, ballot processing, voter registration processing, and public inquiries.

Position requires minimal education and about one year of full-time experience; occasional travel to alternate sites is possible and some evenings or weekends may be required during

Qualifications

• High school diploma and 1 year of full-time work experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with voting locations and training sites.
• Recruits and trains Election Volunteers.
• Prepares, distributes, and picks up supplies for voting locations, outreach events, training classes, and other election events.
• May drive vehicles to outreach events, training classes, and to pick-up and deliver ballots and election supplies.
• Processes voted ballots, including opening and flattening, damaged ballot duplication, sorting, manual ballot tallying, and machine tabulation.
• Sorts, batches, and prepares voter registration forms and other election-related documents for data entry and processing.
• Answers inquiries and provides information to the public about elections and voter registration.
• Enters voter registration and election information into the election management information system and looks up information as needed.
• Participates in voter education and outreach events.
• Prepares, verifies, and processes Vote by Mail and Provisional Ballots.
• Prepares, verifies, and processes Petitions, including nominations, initiatives, and recall petitions.
• Issues ballots to qualified voters in person and by mail.
• May offer orientation or answer procedural questions.
• May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker, as required.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Office procedures

Communication

Keyboarding

Education

High school diploma

Job description

County of Santa Clara is seeking personnel to assist during elections, preparing materials, recruiting volunteers, and supporting various election functions. The role is described as Extra-Help, with duties spanning distribution of supplies, ballot processing, voter registration processing, and public inquiries.

Position requires minimal education and about one year of full-time experience; occasional travel to alternate sites is possible and some evenings or weekends may be required during