聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The 28th Saskatchewan general election will be held on Monday, April 4, and Elections Saskatchewan is currently searching for workers to help ensure the election runs smoothly.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淥ne thing we need still is workers,鈥� Tim Kydd with Elections Saskatchewan said. 鈥淭here are a few areas where we鈥檙e light and Cannington is one of them.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e need 10,000 workers total in the province for April 4, and we need more to work during the advanced voting days from March 29 to April 2. In Cannington we need 220 people for the day because it鈥檚 a rather large constituency running from Fillmore and Creelman聽 down to the borders, so it includes many communities.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Currently Kydd says there are under 100 workers who have offered their time to help, but are in need of more.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽There are four different positions Elections Saskatchewan is attempting to fill including an Information Officer who greets people at the door and ensures they have the proper identification, a Registration Officer to check unregistered voters in on the day of, and the Deputy Returning Officer and Poll Clerk who work together in handing out ballots, keeping an eye on the ballot box, crossing names off the voters list, ensuring ballots are placed into the box, and counting the ballots as well.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e do have over 90 percent of eligible voters on the list, which we鈥檙e happy about, but the Registration Officer is important if someone is not registered,鈥� Kydd explained.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 To ensure you鈥檙e registered to vote visit
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 For those interested in being part of democracy in action and helping facilitate Election Day in Saskatchewan visit and click on 鈥淓xpress Your Interest.鈥� By filling out the form and submitting it to Elections Saskatchewan it is forwarded to the Returning Officer who will contact those interested to find out when they are available to work, if they鈥檝e ever worked an election before, etc鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Expressing interest to work can also be done by calling 1-877-958-VOTE (8683).
