Poll workers who speak Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese and Laotian are especially in demand.
Election worker Lizana Guzman gives a voter his ballot at the San Diego Convention Center polling location, Nov. 2, 2020.
Poll worker turnout has been positive, but the San Diego Registrar of Voters is still looking for more. "We are looking to recruit roughly 2,500 poll workers, and of course we would like to have a good presence of bilingual poll workers at all of the voting locations," said Shawn Brom, assistant at the San Diego Registrar of Voters."The county is seeking poll workers, bilingual poll workers specifically, in ten languages of interest," he said."Specifically, right now is the Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Laotian.
The county provides language assistance to voters in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.Poll workers receive a stipend of $145 dollars for each day worked and $240 dollars on Election Day for extended hours."If you're a bilingual speaker, you'll receive an additional $5 stipend for each of those days and $10 on Election Day,"Brom said.
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