Survey of Election Officers for the 44^th Federal General Election

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
  1. Background and Objectives
  2. Methodology
  3. Notes to Readers
• Detailed Findings
  1. Profile of Election Officers
  2. Training and Preparedness
  3. Experience Working at the Polls
  4. Satisfaction with Election Materials
  5. Voter Identification Requirements
  6. Poll Workers' Absenteeism
  7. Working Conditions
  8. Impact of COVID-19 Measures
• Appendix
  1. Methodological Notes
  2. Survey Questionnaire

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Awareness of Opportunity to Work in the Federal Election
• Figure 2: Method of Application as Election Officer
• Figure 3: Previous Experience as an Election Officer
• Figure 4: Gender
• Figure 5: Age
• Figure 6: Employment Status
• Figure 7: Highest Level of Education Reached
• Figure 8: Annual Household Income
• Figure 9: Disability Status
• Figure 10: Language Spoken at Home
• Figure 11: Ethnocultural Background
• Figure 12: Level of Satisfaction with Training
• Figure 13: Unsatisfactory Aspects of Training
• Figure 14: Perceived Level of Preparedness Following Training
• Figure 15: Trained in preferred official language
• Figure 16: Method of Training
• Figure 17: Overall Satisfaction with Federal Election
• Figure 18: Extent to Which the Voting Process Went Smoothly
• Figure 19: Problems Encountered at the Polling Place
• Figure 20: Types of Difficulties Opening and Closing Polling Station
• Figure 21: Cause of Accessibility Issues [Themes]
• Figure 22: Cause of Accessibility Issues
• Figure 23: Suitability of Workplace
• Figure 24: Reasons Location of Polling Station Was Not Suitable
• Figure 25: Ease of Registering Electors
• Figure 26: Ease of Processing Voters
• Figure 27: Support DROs during Processing Voters
• Figure 28: Vote-by-mail drop box
• Figure 29: Flow of Electors at the Polls
• Figure 30: Reasons the Flow of Electors at the Polls Went Poorly
• Figure 31: Frequency of Witnessing Voters asking to Vote who were not on the list
• Figure 32: Issues with candidates' representatives
• Figure 33: Types of Issues with Candidates' Representatives
• Figure 34: Preparedness to Provide Services to Electors with Disabilities
• Figure 35: Suitability of Tools and Services for Electors with Disabilities
• Figure 36: Electors with Disabilities
• Figure 37: Frequency of Electors with Disabilities Having Difficulties Completing Their Ballot
• Figure 38: Difficulties Providing Services to Electors in Official Languages
• Figure 39: Types of Difficulties Serving in the other Official Language
• Figure 40: Frequency of greeting Electors to offer service in both official languages
• Figure 41: Level of Satisfaction with Election Materials Provided
• Figure 42: Level of Difficulty Completing the Various Forms Provided
• Figure 43: Complexity of Election Instructions
• Figure 44: Ease of Identification of Electors
• Figure 45: Difficulties Proving Address or Identity
• Figure 46: Ease of Identification with Voter Information Card
• Figure 47: Frequency of Electors' Identity Being Challenged
• Figure 48: Shift Attendance
• Figure 49: Reasons for Absence During Scheduled Shifts
• Figure 50: Absent Fellow Poll Staff
• Figure 51: Impact of Absent Poll Staff
• Figure 52: Experience with Working Conditions
• Figure 53: Reasons Working Conditions Were Viewed as Poor
• Figure 54: Harassment in the Workplace
• Figure 55: Type of Harassment in the Workplace
• Figure 56: Sources of Harassment in the Workplace
• Figure 57: Satisfaction with Hourly Rate of Pay
• Figure 58: Receipt of Paycheque
• Figure 59: Satisfaction with Time It Took to Receive Paycheque
• Figure 60: Satisfaction with Time It Is Taking to Receive Paycheque
• Figure 61: COVID-19 Conditions Awareness
• Figure 62: Informed about COVID-19 safety measures
• Figure 63: How well electors understood instructions on how to vote safely
• Figure 64: Frequency of asking Electors to Wear Masks
• Figure 65: Satisfaction with Personal Protective Equipment
• Figure 66: How safe poll workers felt with COVID-19 measures
• Figure 67: Reasons for feeling unsafe
• Figure 68: Impact of COVID-19 measures on job difficulty
• Figure 69: Reasons COVID-19 measures made job difficult

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