Even with the increasing adoption of automated systems, no electoral process will work properly without a quality staff.
Training is absolutely essential at all stages of the staffing process.
In electoral management, it is also important to be constantly aware that a mistake by one staffer at one site can have catastrophic results if it influences the outcome of the election. It may even require the enormous expense of administering a new election for a particular office. The need for thorough training is matched by the need to see that staff members are not only of the right quality but that they enjoy the confidence and respect of the community and the participants in the election process. Temporary and Permanent Staff Electoral work, particularly on voter registration and at voting sites, frequently involves using large numbers of short-term workers. Where voting is taking place on a single day or on a limited number of days, election workers are normally engaged on the basis that they will work for that day or those days only and undertake sufficient preparation in the period beforehand.