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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2011-10-13 04:30 pm

Things Elections Ontario turns out to have a procedure to deal with

Apparently I was so tired at the end of election day I forgot to sign my second time card....

[identity profile] kk1raven.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not surprised that you forgot. We don't have to sign anything at the end of the election day to get paid any more. There used to be paperwork to do for that and then they'd send our checks out the next time the county commissioners signed checks, usually weeks later. People often forgot to do the paperwork and people were annoyed at how long it took to get paid. Now they make up the checks for the people they expect to be working ahead of time and actually deliver them when they come to check on how things are going during the day and then we joke for a while about how we can all leave since we've been paid. In general, I don't think getting paid provides much motivation for working at our elections. $100 for over 14 hours of work with no real breaks is not exactly good pay.

[identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Elections Ontario pays better than that. (http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/working-for-the-election.aspx)

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
*blinks in amazement*

[identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I was pleasantly surprised when they insisted I could not volunteer but rather had to be paid.

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I was pleasantly surprised to see the per diem for poll clerks!
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[personal profile] jennlk 2011-10-13 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty good. :) We get $10/hr for work or training, $12 if precinct chair or co-chair. Lots of people only work part of the day, so a flat-rate doesn't work....