Los Angeles County is on the hunt for bilingual election workers to keep its vote centers running smoothly ahead of the June 2, 2026, statewide primary, and it is putting cash on the table to make it happen. Short-term workers will help voters navigate ballots, answer questions, and secure materials in their preferred language, with daily pay plus a bonus for language skills.
What the county is offering
The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk says community election workers earn $100 per day, plus $80 for completing the required training. Those who speak a qualified language can tack on an extra $100 stipend. The office lists 18 qualified languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, Hindi, Gujarati, Thai, and Vietnamese. Applicants must be at least 18 and eligible to work in the U.S. If you need Election Worker assistance, call (800) 815-2666, option 7, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
Where demand is highest
County officials say demand for bilingual help is not evenly spread, and local reporting points to some clear hot spots. The Registrar’s office has flagged an immediate need for Japanese-speaking workers at vote centers in Long Beach and is targeting recruitment for Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Tagalog speakers in particular. The same reporting notes that roughly 409,000 voters requested election materials in a language other than English during the last election, a reminder that the language push is not just a talking point. “Election workers are the people who make voting possible at vote centers across the county,” Registrar Dean Logan told the Los Angeles Daily News.
Scale of the operation
Los Angeles County has well over 5.8 million registered voters, which means vote centers are scattered across a massive and linguistically varied map. The county operates hundreds of vote centers for each election and relies on multilingual staffing to comply with state and federal language-access rules, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
How to sign up
Residents interested in signing up can apply online through the county’s election-worker portal at Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The application lets people list the languages they speak and flag preferred cities or neighborhoods, and assignments are matched around training dates and the election calendar.
Assignments can stretch across the full 10-day vote center period and Election Day itself. Bilingual workers must complete their entire assignment to qualify for the language stipend. The county says training is provided, and pay is processed after the election.
