Some poll workers still waiting for payment from Elections Yukon, office says it's coming
CBC
A Pelly Crossing, Yukon, resident said he's frustrated over the fact he's still waiting to get paid for work he did during last month's territorial election.
Mike Dobson said he was the deputy returning officer at the community's polling station for the Mayo-Tatchun riding.
"We were told there was going to be a month delay for pay at the time we were working," he said. "Six weeks went by and they [Elections Yukon] were like we're still having trouble catching up."
Dobson said last week, on Friday he was notified that he might not get paid until sometime in January.
Dobson said he's owed just under $1,000, which he said would have been very helpful to have during the holiday season.
He said he'll continue to work with Elections Yukon because he believes, and supports the service it provides Yukoners, but that situations like this might prevent other people from doing the same.
Max Harvey is the chief electoral officer with Elections Yukon.
He said he fully understands the frustration felt by Dobson and a small group of other people still waiting for their payment.
"We will, and we need to do better," Harvey told CBC News. "Six weeks, a month is a long time to wait for pay. Especially at this time of the year when there's lots of things to use the money for."
Harvey said typically payments are made to workers a month after an election has wrapped up but he said last month's territorial election was a "complex" one.
"There were more electoral districts," Harvey explained. "We had two more districts. That meant more offices. More teams. More election workers to administer. We had more polling divisions because of growth in the number of population and electors we had. Thirty or so additional polling divisions to account for for the electors."
Harvey said an overlapping school board election added to the workload taken on by Elections Yukon staff.
Harvey also explained that the payment process that follows an election isn't as straightforward as one might think. He said there's five steps to go through before a payment is authorized.
"It starts with the election worker making sure they have all the right information, and the right forms filled out," Harvey said. "Then it goes to the returning officer to approve, and confirm the hours for the positions. "
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