Trainee Election Workers
The City of St Louis Park provides people 16 years or older the opportunity to serve as trainee election workers on Election Day. Serving as a trainee election worker is a great way to serve your community and gain valuable experience while earning money. It also looks great on college applications and resumes!
Requirements
- Age 16 or older
- U.S. citizen
- Available to work a minimum of eight hours on Election Day
- Complete St. Louis Park payroll forms (direct deposit is required)
- Successfully complete required training sessions
Trainee election workers are paid $15 per hour, including time for training classes. The income is taxable. No W-2 form will be provided by the city for any annual income less than $600.
How to apply
If you are interested in serving as a trainee election worker, complete the trainee election worker application.
If you are selected as a trainee election worker, you will get an email notification and letter with the details of your precinct assignment. This letter will also contain information about available training sessions and how to sign up. Your precinct's lead election worker will contact you to discuss your schedule, meals and other important details about your polling place.
Training
Trainee election workers are required to attend training sessions that cover the equipment you will use on Election Day, the various duties you may be asked to perform, and all election laws and requirements that pertain to your job as an election worker. Each training session will last approximately two hours, and you will be paid for your attendance at training.
Elections staff will contact you with information on how to sign up for training.
Time commitment
You will be required to attend one training session (two hours) on election laws and administrative procedures and one training on the use of electronic poll books in the precinct (two hours).
Please note we can't guarantee placement at a specific polling place or that you will be placed to work with certain people. Help is needed at all 12 precincts, and reasonable accommodations will be considered if related to accessibility needs.
Required forms
A completed St. Louis Park payroll form is required to serve as a trainee election worker. If you apply through the staff liaison at a school, the forms will be provided to you. If you apply online, the forms will be sent to you after the city receives your completed application. The required forms include:
- Authorization for direct payroll deposit (bank account does not have to be your own)
- Student release form (if applicable)