Election Support Specialist (Seasonal)

SAN-Benito-Count; Hollister (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

SAN-Benito-Count in California is seeking seasonal election support staff to assist with a range of clerical, data entry, and public-facing duties within the Elections Department.

Entry-level positions involve learning policies and procedures, under supervision, and may rotate between programs. Responsibilities include assisting with polling locations, ballot processing, voter registration, and outreach activities while ensuring accuracy and customer service.

Qualifications

• Two years of responsible clerical, office, and general administrative support work experience OR One year of general work experience AND Associates degree from an accredited college or university OR Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Assists with recruiting locations for polling places, training classes, distribution and return centers, ballot drop-off sites, and voting centers.
• Assists with voter education and outreach events.
• Assists with preparation, distribution, and pick-up of supplies for polling places, outreach events, training classes, and other election events.
• Assists with the processing of voted ballots, including opening and flattening, damaged ballot duplication, sorting manual ballot tallying, and machine tabulation.
• Assists with sorting, batching, and preparing voter registration forms and other election related documents for data entry and processing.
• Assists with the processing, and verifying of Vote by mail and Provisional Ballots.
• Assists with issuing ballots to qualified voters in person and by mail.
• Scans materials into tracking system, packages and prepares materials for storage, moves and state materials at each step of the process.
• Answers inquiries and provides information to the public about elections and voter registration in person, in writing, and by telephone.

Skills

Clerical experience

Customer service

Data entry

Basic computer skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associates degree

Job description

SAN-Benito-Count in California is seeking seasonal election support staff to assist with a range of clerical, data entry, and public-facing duties within the Elections Department.

Entry-level positions involve learning policies and procedures, under supervision, and may rotate between programs. Responsibilities include assisting with polling locations, ballot processing, voter registration, and outreach activities while ensuring accuracy and customer service.