No work for him at the polls

City Board of Elections officials told a potential poll worker thanks, but no thanks.

An eager wanna-be poll clerk, excited about the advent of early voting, says his dreams of manning the ballot box this weekend were crushed when he was told he could only help out if he also worked on Election Day.

Seamus Campbell, a 30year-old from Brooklyn Heights, says he was rejected by election officials after attending a seven-hour training session despite making clear ahead of time he would only be available on weekends.

“They only gave me a week’s notice about all of this,” Campbell (photo) told the Daily News. “I was certainly willing to help, and I feel a little downturned about how early voting is a great thing and suddenly they don’t want people’s help.”

Polls opened early in New York for the first time in state history this weekend, allowing voters to skip Election Day lines and cast their ballots at select sites through Sunday, Nov. 3. In all, there are be 60 early voting sites open throughout the five boroughs.

Campbell claims he received a call on Oct. 17, just over a week before early voting opened, and was told that unless he worked on the general election on Nov. 5, he could not work during the early voting period. But he works nine-to-five as an administrator at City College.

Board Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez-Diaz said there was nothing unusual about Campbell’s case, noting that there was simply a lot of interest in early voting positions and anyone committing to all of the hours were given priority.

“We had a huge request for weekends and priority went to those who would work all nine days for our first early voting implementation,” she said, adding that everyone gets paid for the training hours. of