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SENIOR ELECTIONS CLERK INVESTIGATOR

Code: 03304 Local Competitive

To land Senior Elections Clerk Investigator in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.

To be eligible you bring 1 year of relevant experience and a valid NJ driver's license.

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Senior Elections Clerk Investigator is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, performs the routine and more difficult, responsible and specialized clerical work involved in election activities and performs varied types of field and office work involving the investigating of violations of the election law; does other related work.

Examples of work

  • Performs the clerical and related work involved in taking registrations.
  • Processes registrations, forms and filing registration sheets and transfer cards.
  • Checks voting authorities and makes comparison of voters' signatures.
  • Collates and mails election materials, alphabetizes and files active and inactive voters' cards.
  • Answers routine telephone inquires.
  • Compares duplicate and permanent registration sheets.
  • Processes absentee ballots and check lists and packs samples ballots and performs the work involved in investigating violations of election law.
  • Performs the clerical and related work related work involved in checking signatures and addresses of applicants for absentee ballots, proof reading of new registrations, resident transfer cards and other cards with plates and makes plates when required.
  • Remove and challenge affidavit books, handle correspondence in connection with such matters as such matters as `convicted of crime" records, legal name changes, name changes through marriage, voters not registered and printed signatures, checking vital statistic lists.
  • Check for errors on registrations, preparing portfolios for all elections and all districts.
  • Take lead over Election Clerks in such work as folding and mailing sample ballots and answering inquiries requiring knowledge of elections work and involving a significant contact with the public and performs the work involved in investigating violations of the election law.
  • Performs the routine and more difficult, responsible and specialized clerical work involved in election activities and performs varied types of field and office work involving and investigating of violations of the election law.
  • Investigates newly registered voters, persons convicted of crimes, persons who have moved and make house to house canvass of registered voters to ascertain whether they are properly registered and whether any changes in status may have occurred.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

One (1) year of experience in work involving the collection, analysis and interpretation of significant facts.

License

Appointees must possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of clerical procedures
  • Knowledge of election laws.
  • Knowledge problems involved in different types of elections.
  • Ability to receive, review and investigate complaints and other matters and prepare reports of investigations.
  • Ability to interact with the public in a professor manner.
  • Ability to deal effectively with people.
  • Ability to organize and develop effective working procedures.
  • Ability to utilize various types of electronic and /or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
  • Ability to read, write speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.