ELECTION PROGRAM ASSISTANT I

State of Maryland
Salisbury, MD
Category Administration
Job Description
Election Program Assistant I performs specialized data processing, technical, administrative, or clerical services in a local election office. Employees learn election laws, regulations, policies and procedures to perform entry-level duties in election office programs.

Requirements

  • Data entry and quality checks into the Statewide Voter Registration System
  • Prioritizing work to assure timely completion of data processing tasks
  • Responding to customer requests and generating reports from the Statewide Voter Registration System
  • Identifying and reporting discrepancies and program issues
  • Compiling and maintaining statistics
  • Registering voters and responding to voter registration inquiries
  • Recruiting election judges to staff polling places
  • Assisting in organizing and instructing required training sessions
  • Assisting with voting equipment maintenance, inventory and preparation
  • Assisting with identifying polling place facilities to comply with election laws, regulations, policies and procedures
  • Maintaining important or confidential records
  • Assisting with the purchase and inventory of supplies
  • Accepting and processing candidate and committee filings
  • Performing the full range of specialized clerical or clerical work in a local election office
  • Assisting in redistricting
  • Performing other related duties

Benefits

  • Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program
  • Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked
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