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Re:Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die coun... by johnchristopher on Sunday April 28, 2019 @04:38PM (#19773531)
In Belgium citizens are selected at random (there are filters such as age and civic rights I think) and are obliged to manage the electoral place set with ballots. If there isn't enough people showing up then the first voters are supposed to do the job.

You are supposed to get fined if you fail to show up and you were chosen but it's rarely applied except for the chief (president is the term) (who is also chosen at random) of the voting booths.

Voting is mandatory in Belgium so it kinda/maybe make sense to pick people among the population.

You are compensated for the day's work but not much.

I'd rather have random citizen do that job than civil servants.

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Re:Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die coun... by ngold on Sunday April 28, 2019 @05:37PM (#19773869)
It sounds pretty close to jury duty in the states. Picked randomly and paid something, not much but something.
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Re:Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die coun... by johnchristopher on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:44AM (#19777798)
Yes. Also it's one of the last `place` where citizens have directly something to do or say about how things are run: jury and election bureau.
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Re:Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die coun... by johnchristopher on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:43AM (#19777781)
I want to correct a mistake: you are supposed to get fined if you don't show up to vote but it's rarely enforced. However they will prosecute you if you were chosen to manage the place and don't show up whether you are the president or not.
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