Election and registration clerk

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All applications will be accepted from 10/27/2025 to 11/09/2025.

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General Job Description: This is clerical work performed in support of city-wide primary, general, and special elections. Employees in this class perform a variety of clerical functions prior to and throughout primary, general, and special elections for the Office of City Commissioners. Employees rotate among a variety of work assignments and locations due to the cyclical nature of election and voter registration work. Work involves registering citizens to vote, and preparing, proofreading, filing, and posting paper and electronic applications. Employees are also responsible for the preparation of election supplies for each polling site, receiving voter and candidate documents, and checking returned materials. Responsibility for assisting the department in meeting legally mandated deadlines and processing voter registration applications through the Pennsylvania Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors are a significant aspect of the work. The work is distinguished from lower level clerical classes by responsibility for dispensing information on the registration and election processes during election periods and the need to learn processes mandated by election law.

The Requirements are as follows:

EDUCATION:

Completion of the twelfth school grade.

AND

EXPERIENCE:

Six months of full-time paid experience in one of the following areas:

• Processing voter registration applications in the Pennsylvania Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors
• Preparing and conducting primary, general, and special elections

Note:

General clerical experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years.

Send certifications or transcripts for review to: Melanie Chalmers

Email: [email protected].

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