The Globe and Mail: Elections Alberta is seeking experienced, skilled staff from its counterparts in other jurisdictions to support the agency during the massive undertaking, which will require millions of ballots to be counted in just 48 hours, spokesperson Maia Hanrahan said in a statement to The Globe and Mail.
The elections staff potentially being pulled from other provinces are in addition to at least 60,000 poll supervisors, ballot box clerks, scrutineers and other workers needed, a hiring push the agency has called “one of the largest referendum recruitment efforts ever undertaken in Canada.” By contrast, roughly 13,000 people were hired for Alberta’s 2023 provincial election…