Seasonal employment

Minneapolis relies on seasonal staffers to help prepare for Election Day.

Temporary employment opportunities

You can help us ensure a seamless and successful election! As an election gets closer, we need more seasonal staffers. We hire temporary positions to help with tasks such as:

Election administration
Warehouse functions
Voter assistance

Our 2021 hiring season has started. We'll have various job openings over the next few months. Make sure to check the City's job website for new postings. We'll also send updates out on our social media channels when new jobs are added.

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Administration support

election worker sitting at table with paperwork

All of our daily work begins with the support of our administration staff. This team ensures that the entire office has what it needs to run a successful election.

Administration staff responsibilities include:

Answering phone calls and written communication
Assisting office visitors and voters
Managing and ordering office and election supplies
Supporting other program areas as needed

Early Vote Center staff

election worker checking a voter in at the early vote center, showing them the absentee ballot application form

We always have one Early Vote Center (EVC) open for the 46-day early voting period in a given election. In larger election years, we open additional EVCs around the City.

EVC staff responsibilities include:

Providing customer service and assistance to voters
Answering questions about the voting process
Processing applications and issuing ballots
Assisting with set-up and take-down of voting areas

We always need EVC staff who have second-language skills. These staff help support voters who speak another language - especially Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.

Election Judge coordination

election staff sitting at a table on the phone

Our election judge management team supports our greater election judge workforce. We hire a few different roles to not only help with recruitment and communication, but also to assist with training.

Election judge team responsibilities include:

Scheduling training and Election Day assignments
Talking with election judges on the phone and through email
Creating election judge training materials and coursework
Processing hiring paperwork and evaluations
Supporting election judges on Election Day

Mail operations team

election workers stuffing mail ballot envelopes with materials

Any Minnesota voter can choose to vote early by mail. Our mail team supports these voters throughout the entire process of voting by mail. We ensure voters complete the application, receive their ballot, and return it by the stated deadline.

Mail team responsibilities include: