Thanks for supporting your student in being an election judge in the city of Minneapolis. High school students are vital members of the teams that run our polling places on Election Day. Student election judges help set up their polling place, check in voters, distribute ballots, and direct voters through the process. At the end of the day, they help reconcile voting records and close down the polling station.
Please fill out this form so we can schedule your student to work with us in 2023-24. Election judges attend a 3-hour training to prepare them to work. Most students choose to work the full day, from 6 am to around 9:30 pm. We also have half-day shifts available upon request: opening (6 am to 2 pm) or closing (2 pm to 9:30 pm). Election judges are paid $17.15 an hour,
We expect to hire up to 400 high school student to work in our 137 polling places across the city of Minneapolis. We do our best to schedule students to work as close to home or as close to their school as possible, but some locations fill up early, so we appreciate those who can be flexible about location.
By filling out this form, you are giving your student permission to attend a training session and serve as a City of Minneapolis Student Election Judge in any of the following elections:
-- city council election, Tues., Nov. 7, 2023
-- Presidential Nominating primary, Mar. 5, 2024
-- Primary election, Aug. 13, 2024
Any personal data collected will be used to pay your student for participation and to help us better understand voter registration and voting among young people in the metropolitan area and to make them aware of upcoming events and opportunities in Minneapolis for youth.
By completing this form, you confirm that your student meets these requirements:
• U.S. citizen.
• Lives in Hennepin County or an adjacent county (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Wright).
• Will be at least 16 years old on Election Day.
By completing this form you are giving your child permission to work as a student election judge on the above dates, but they are not obligated to work every election.
