{"id":132988,"date":"2020-07-11T00:57:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T05:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=132988"},"modified":"2020-07-12T23:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T04:19:26","slug":"county-election-board-seeks-precinct-election-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/07\/11\/county-election-board-seeks-precinct-election-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Board seeks election officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Board of Elections is looking for individuals that would be interested in serving as precinct election officials in Van Wert County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Election-2020-artwork-4-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130797\" width=\"350\" height=\"200\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a precinct election official is a great opportunity for registered voters who have the time to commit on Election Day. It\u2019s also great way for students, part-time employees, retired citizens, and people with flexible schedules to serve their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be a precinct election official in Van Wert County, a person must meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be at least 17 years of age and a registered voter in Van Wert County<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cannot have been convicted of a felony (unless the conviction has been reversed, expunged, or pardoned).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have transportation to and from the polling location.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cannot be running as a candidate in the election you are working.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Need to attend a training session<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Need to be able to work from 5:45 a.m. to approximately 8:15 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who choose to work at the polls must receive training and they will be paid for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those interested in becoming a precinct election official should contact the Van Wert County Board of Elections at 419.238.4192.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert County Board of Elections is looking for individuals that would be interested in serving as precinct election officials in Van Wert County. Being a precinct election official is a great opportunity for registered voters who have the time to commit on Election Day. It\u2019s also great way for students, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 04:45:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}