Re:The AP has called winners in elections for more than 170 ...
by wkyleg on Sunday November 03, 2024 @06:09PM
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Funny thing, one of my favorite odd jobs in college was being a vote counter for AP.
Most of the vote counters would need to call the election centers over the phone and ask for results. Then they would input the results into a database system, which would feed into the overall tabulation for different elections.
I was one of the college students they would look for because they needed college students better at technology to be able to check the websites of some jurisdictions. So I ended up being paid a few hundred dollars to copy and paste one number from a website and eat amazing catered Italian food. For about 2 minutes of work and amazing food it was a great gig.
Most of the vote counters would need to call the election centers over the phone and ask for results. Then they would input the results into a database system, which would feed into the overall tabulation for different elections.
I was one of the college students they would look for because they needed college students better at technology to be able to check the websites of some jurisdictions. So I ended up being paid a few hundred dollars to copy and paste one number from a website and eat amazing catered Italian food. For about 2 minutes of work and amazing food it was a great gig.