Multi-language ability a plus.
Presiding election judges hire their Election Day staff, working largely from a list compiled from online applications. Hector de Leon is with the Harris County Clerk’s office.
“We’re going to have approximately 5,845 people working on Election Day. We have 765 polling locations.”
There’s a particular need for bilingual poll workers.
“We have 227 precincts that have 50 or more Vietnamese surname registered voters. We also have 118 precincts that have 50 or more Chinese surnames. We have 753 precincts that have 100 or more Spanish surname registered voters.”
The job pays just $9 an hour, but the county is looking for civic-minded people.
“It’s a big responsibility. Imagine if we didn’t have people that actually stepped up and worked as election clerks, then we couldn’t hold an election!”
Just guessing here, but it might be a little easier to recruit poll workers if they were paid a bit more. Sounds crazy, I know, but it just might work. Be that as it may, if you want to do this, go here to learn more about it, and here to fill out an application. The county and its voters thank you.