Workers will set up voting stations and provide info on the process
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The City of Calgary is hiring 3,000 vote workers to handle a plebiscite that will determine whether residents want to hold the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the city.
Calgary is looking to fill positions ranging from deputy returning officers to ballot clerks by Nov. 7. Those who will be hired will work during the advanced vote days from Nov. 6 to 7, as well as the day of the plebiscite on Nov. 13.
The vote workers’ responsibilities include setting up and taking down voting stations across the city, providing information about the topic of the plebiscite, and helping voters through the process.
Once hired, vote workers will have to undergo a training session in November that could take one to three hours long, depending on the positions they applied for. Their work hours will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and estimated pay for each position is about $210 to $450. Interested Calgarians can apply online through the city’s website.
Calgary is one of the frontrunners to host the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, along with Stockholm and Turkey’s Erzurum. Japan’s Sapporo, Switzerland’s Sion and Austria’s Graz were also in the running to land the prestigious sporting event but had to withdraw.
Earlier this week, the Italian government announced it would also withdraw its bid to host the 2026 Olympics after the mayors of Milan, Turin, and Cortina failed to agree to jointly back the project.
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