Crossposted from the Election Connection Are you an elections nerd? A civic enthusiast? Just interested in earning some extra cash for the Holidays? King County Elections will be hiring more than 500 temporary staff to help with this year’s Presidential Election. Some of the things our temporary staff help out with include: Providing customer service to voters and answering questions about things like voter registration, ballot tracking and election deadlines; Reviewing ballots, including duplicating damaged or write-in ballots; Opening, separating and inspecting envelopes and ballots; Analyzing and determining whether to accept or… Read More

Crossposted from King County Parks Jordin Andrade, an employee from the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, recently competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since January, he has worked as a control room technician, and thanks to his flexible schedule, was able to balance training for the Olympics and working. Even though he works at the WKCAC (a hub for Olympic swimmers), he actually ran in the Men’s 400m hurdles, representing Cape Verde. Andrade made it to the semifinals in the Men’s 400 meter hurdles and placed 16th. He… Read More

Crossposted from the DES Express Anthony Taylor, a customer service specialist in the Recorder’s Office, was on KING-5’s Evening Magazine. Anthony is a volunteer at Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Stanley Stamm Summer Camp, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Anthony attended the camp as a child, and even met his soon-to-be-wife there. The video quotes him saying “Having fun and that’s what I want to give back to the kids because that’s what I got,” said Taylor. “This is family. Doc Stamm’s like a second dad to me.” You can see the full… Read More

King County has about 1.24 million registered voters, a number that continues to grow each month. King County is the largest jurisdiction in the United States to conduct all elections by mail. Led by Julie Wise, King County Elections is staffed by approximately 70 dedicated and hard working full-time employees who have a strong sense of pride and commitment to the work they do. Working in collaboration with the Executive and Council, Elections has implemented more than 300 reforms since 2004. We continually work to establish open and transparent processes. Follow the… Read More

KCIT is currently working on a project to upgrade the Solid Waste “What Do I Do With” app and needs your help! Volunteers may be asked to participate by either doing an activity online or in person. Participation involves about 30 minutes sometime in the month of September or October to review and provide feedback on prototypes of the new application. Contact Marivic.kokorowski@kingcounty.gov if you’re interested, seats are limited! If contacted to participate, you’ll need manager approval.

Working in collaboration with the Church Council of Greater Seattle, Catholic Community Services (CCS), Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (better known as SHARE), and the City of Seattle, we have been successful in negotiating an agreement to re-open more than a dozen indoor shelter sites in Seattle that had been closed since early spring. As a result, SHARE moved their encampments from our Administration Building Plaza and Goat Hill over the weekend. Under an agreement signed with CCS last week, approximately 250 shelter beds are re-opening, with two significant changes to operations:… Read More