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Residents who want to support their community still have time to sign up as poll workers for the June 2 Gubernatorial Primary Election<\/a>. Anyone interested should apply by May 15.<\/p>\n Poll workers assist voters and keep vote centers running smoothly. They earn a daily stipend starting at $145 for their service.<\/p>\n There is a specific need for bilingual poll workers who can assist voters in 15 languages required by federal, state and county requirements.<\/p>\n Federal law requires the Registrar\u2019s office to provide bilingual speakers and voting materials at vote centers for voters who speak:<\/p>\n Spanish State and county rules also require bilingual speakers at select vote centers in:<\/p>\n Arabic San Diego County elections operate under the Voter\u2019s Choice Act, a state law that replaces traditional polling places with vote centers that are open for an extended period leading up to Election Day.<\/p>\n Instead of serving just on Election Day, poll workers are now needed to staff vote centers for four or 11 days of voting.<\/p>\n Poll workers can earn:<\/p>\n \u00a0A stipend of $145 per day from May 23 to June 1 Requirements to be a poll worker:<\/p>\n Be a U.S. citizen and registered to vote in California or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n Opening and closing the vote center The Registrar is looking for people with strong leadership and customer service skills, flexibility, patience and integrity. Poll workers must serve voters professionally and without partisanship.<\/p>\n Applications are available at sdvote.com<\/a>. For more information, call 858-565-5800 or email pollworker@sdcounty.ca.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: 2 minutes Residents who want to support their community still have time to sign up as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[989,18563,74,76,75,4486,121594],"class_list":["post-283227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-elections","tag-poll-workers","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-vote","tag-voting-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFilipino
\nVietnamese
\nChinese<\/p>\n
\nHindi
\nHmong
\nIndonesian
\nJapanese
\nKhmer
\nKorean
\nLaotian
\nPersian
\nSomali
\nThai<\/p>\n
\n$240 on Election Day, June 2, due to expanded hours
\nBilingual poll workers can receive an extra $5 per day and $10 extra on Election Day<\/p>\n
\nHave reliable transportation to and from the assigned vote center each day
\nComplete two days of in-person training (paid a $95 daily stipend)
\nAvailable to work four or 11 days, including extended hours on Election Day<\/p>\n
\nAssisting voters and providing excellent customer service
\nAnswering questions<\/p>\n